Dortmund-PSG: Paris will have to face the “Yellow Wall” this Wednesday evening to continue dreaming of the final at Wembley

The “Yellow Wall”: 25,000 supporters singing in praise of Dortmund. https://imagebroker.com/9829904

The Parisians feel confident and calm before facing Dortmund and their supporters this evening in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League.   

"Blessed be the pressure" : Luis Enrique's Paris SG launches an attack on the "Yellow Wall" Wednesday for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund (9:00 p.m.), with their sights set on the final at Wembley.

To prepare for the match, the Spanish coach worked, as in previous rounds, to defuse the pressure and stress which had penalized the club so much in previous years by Champions League.

"Pressure should not be seen as a threat", &quot ;blessed be the pressure", he professed on Tuesday at a press conference at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Before asking his players to take advantage: "We arrive at the perfect time of the season."

In the race for a historic treble

This "perfect moment", it is the prospect of a historic championship-Coupe de France-C1 treble. The first is acquired and if the Cup is an objective of the season (PSG will face Lyon in the final on May 25), it is above all the European title, never won before, which focuses attention of the club, its fans and its star Kylian Mbappé.

The Frenchman wants to leave the club in style this summer and, with this competition and Euro-2024, perfect his season with a view to the Ballon d’Or. The C1 seems all the more possible this year as PSG is in excellent momentum and has managed to take advantage of an open draw since the round of 16: Real Sociedad then FC Barcelona, ​​which is no longer the Barça of a few years ago.

Final favor of destiny: this confrontation against Borussia Dortmund, currently 5th in the Bundesliga, which PSG mastered in the group stage at the start of its European campaign (2-0 in September at the Parc des Princes; 1 -1 on the return in December) as he did in the round of 16 in 2020 (2-0,2-1).

A conquering spirit

Luis Enrique also prides himself on an improvement in his team "in all aspects", and in particular that of emotional management, crucial for lifting the cup with big ears. "We were able to overcome numerical inferiorities (like in Marseille on March 31), returning at the last minute (like against Le Havre last Saturday)… but the dividing line between victory and defeat in this competition is very fine."

j’y étais en phase de groupe, régale nous de contenu toute la journée, profite bien et éteignez moi une fois de plus ce mur jaune 🩸🔵 pic.twitter.com/ZHn3ElH1Kn

— nathraps (@raposo_nathan) May 1, 2024

Parisian leaders have focused their communication since the start of the season on a team, rather than a single star like Kylian Mbappé. If they haven't officially made the Champions League their "obsession", seeing the final at Wembley escape them would definitely be a disappointment.