This Wednesday evening takes place the return match between PSG and Barça in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
For Laurent Fournier, former Paris SG player and Europe 1 football consultant, there is little chance of witnessing a new "remount", because he assures him, the state of mind of this team has changed. .
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PSG finds this Wednesday evening FC Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League, after having largely won the first round (1-4) on February 17.
The Parisians will therefore try to forget the "remount" of 2017 against the same opponents.
Laurent Fournier, former player of PSG and consultant of Europe 1, was present during another traumatic defeat of the Parisian club, in 1997 in the European Supercup against Juventus Turin (1-6), at the Parc des Princes.
But the ex-midfielder does not believe in a new disaster tonight.
"We need to better manage the matches and their preparation. We at the time were not very good. But I believe that the French teams have made enormous progress, notably with the victories in the European Cup of PSG (in the late Coupe des Coupes in 1996) and Marseille (in the Champions League in 1993) in previous years, ”he said.
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"The state of mind and the desire have changed"
According to him, you have to "get over" disappointments and do your utmost to look ahead.
And for that, he relies on the strategy of the new coach.
"The game Mauricio Pochettino way is a game that goes forward, with pressing. So I think that on this side, the Parisians will not back down," said the former player.
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Laurent Fournier is formal, PSG has everything to win this Wednesday night against FC Barcelona.
"Already, it would be a shame to have won 4-1 in Barcelona to lose again. But above all, I think that in the state of mind and in the desire there is a big change on the side of Paris Saint -Germain ".