Decisive match to decide the team that gets a ticket to the semifinals of this edition of the Champions League. The tie is open, although with a certain advantage for FC Barcelona after managing to beat PSG in the first leg at the Parc des Princes by a score of 2-3. For its part, Xavi Hernández's team is full of morale after a few weeks in which the team is showing a good level of football. It seems that the announcement of Xavi's departure has awakened the players, who want to show that they deserve to defend the Barça club's shield.
On the other hand, Luis Enrique was blamed for the approach taken in the first leg, in which he did not take out a player who was a regular starter. Even so, the Parisian team arrives with options for this second leg, and a goal ties the tie, so it will have to show the best version of itself to achieve a place in the semifinals.
One of the factors that most differentiated this Barcelona from the last one that faced PSG was the defense, and that is clearly defined by one of the best players in the world in that area. Araujo already has the stripes of a superstar, and in scenarios like this he shows it. The first leg in Paris was a clinic on how to defend, and it is expected that in Barcelona it will do the same or better to be able to advance to the next round.
It doesn't take many minutes from the canary to show why he deserves to be on this list. We already saw it in the previous game, half an hour into the game, he pulled out of his magician's hat a brilliant assist for Raphinha, and that is what is expected of him. Magic and ability to take the game where he wants.
And of course, the man who scored two goals for the culé team. Of course the Brazilian could not be missing, and after the great first leg, a return is expected at the height of the winger who finally explodes as a player and gives reasons for the signing if he has not already given them.
The first leg at home was not the best of his games, and the good Italian usually appears in the photo of the mistake when the important moments of the European competition arrive. Therefore, this would be a great stage to demonstrate why it is considered one of the best in the world.
He scored one of the club's two goals and was very unbalanced on the wing. A great player who will play in the city that he has done so many times and who must live up to these moments that are why he was signed for the amount that he did.
And last, and possibly most important, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé. The forward of the French national team was highly criticized for his lack of impact in the previous match, so he will have to come to silence many mouths at the Barcelona stadium.
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