PSG have started their Champions League campaign perfectly this season. Manhandled during a half against Juve and in Haifa, the club of the capital came out each time with a victory. This allows him to present himself in leader of Pool H on the lawn of Benfica. A place he shares with his Portuguese host tomorrow night since both teams have 6 points with the same goal difference. The clash promises because the Lisbon people have been in good shape since the start of the season. Like the Parisians, they have still not experienced defeat.
From there to say that Benfica will undoubtedly be the major opponent of PSG in this pool, there is only one step. “It is a team which, since the beginning of the season, is undefeated. She is interesting to watch, well organized. There is individual quality and collective strength. As the games unfold since the beginning of the season and we learn about the draw, we follow this team and I am not surprised that it is at this level. Benfica can claim to be the favorite of this group.even assures Galtier, as if to reject the status of favorite.
Galtier fears Benfica
In front of the press on the eve of the match (to follow live commented on our site), Christophe Galtier measures the difficulty facing him. He expects a very big atmosphere in a stadium where a French club has never won. “We are calm. We come to an opponent who is undefeated, in an extraordinary atmosphere. I have players with a lot of experience and experience. We will have to be able to play well, we have the qualities to get rid of the pressure of the public and the opponent.convinces the coach.
According to him, we will have to expect a very big intensity put by the men of Roger Schmidt from the kick-off.“We will have to be able to play under pressure. This team will pick us up high, it’s a team that puts a lot of pressure on the first raises, like their coach. We will have to avoid clearing the ball and we will have to be much more efficient than we are at the moment. warns the French coach, like a warning issued to his players, too fickle for him.