An already long battery of football confrontations and market conflicts in the last decade have turned a PSG-Barcelona into a new classic of European sport.
And we must say about ‘sport’, because that fight, although eminently football due to its media impact, has also been fought in handball.
This Thursday, the Barça team arrived in Paris to win the quarter-final match of the EHF Champions League 22-30.
On Thursday, May 2, at the Palau Blaugrana, the French therefore need to come back to knock Barça out of the final four.
A large banner of his tifo made it clear: “Dinal destiny; Cologne.”
The French press, in their reports of the first leg in Paris.
Did not miss the opportunity to establish parallels between the challenge that the Ligue 1 football champion and the handball team overcame.
“By losing a first leg and qualifying for the second leg in Catalonia, the office colleagues of the handball players, led by Kylian Mbappé, did so recently,” could be read in Le Parisien, a medium that offers daily information on the most representative club in the French capital. “Final destination: Cologne. The Ultras tifo displayed at the presentation of the teams, on Thursday night in Paris, sounded like an incentive,” noted L’Equipe.
From there, and that an icon of Barcelona fans like Luis Enrique Martínez works in PSG football and another from this sport like former culé Nicola Karabatic works in PSG handball. The ‘comeback operation’ does not seem so viable for the media themselves. Not even knowing that the PSG coach refers to the classics: Raúl González “For PSG it will be (much) much more complicated. Brave but undermined by injuries, PSG lost to FC Barcelona (22-30). Eight goals from difference, an abyss,” admitted Le Parisien.
“The task for Raúl González’s players is now devilishly difficult. They will need to win in Barcelona on May 2 with at least a 9-goal advantage. To dream of the Final Four, Paris will have to achieve an immense feat in the second leg within a week. It is almost an impossible mission. Since 2013, Paris has played against Barcelona five times and has never won. It will take a considerable feat in the history of PSG handball.
L’Equipe influenced the same line of argument. “Facing the great Barcelona for a place in the Final Four of the Champions League, PSG clearly lost at home (22-30) this Thursday. A feat will be needed in Catalonia next Thursday in the second leg,” he highlighted.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
