Barcelona v PSG: Flick full of praise for Paris

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·30 settembre 2025

Barcelona v PSG: Flick full of praise for Paris

This Wednesday at 9pm (broadcast on Canal+) Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) faces FC Barcelona (12th) at the Montjuïc Stadium as part of the 2nd matchday of the 2025-2026 Champions League. In a press conference, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick spoke about this match and the Parisian opponent. He emphasized the challenges ahead, while not forgetting to remain ambitious.

Flick: “There will be great players who won’t be able to play, but we have a lot of quality, and it will be a great match.”

“What kind of match should we expect? We’re playing against the best team in Europe last year, who have fantastic players and a fantastic coach. I really enjoyed watching them, their style. We’re looking forward to playing this match.” Injuries? “With this schedule, managing injuries is part of our job. All coaches like to have all their players available. There will be great players who won’t be able to play, but we have a lot of quality, and it will be a great match.”

Flick: “It’s a question of positioning and ball control.”

Strategy: try to score as much as possible? “That’s always good. Trying to score the second goal before the first never works. We need to work on our strategy. I often say, it’s a question of positioning and ball control. It won’t be easy because they know how to press and dominate, where the ball should go. We have to play at the highest level from the very first minute, and that’s what we expect from our players, it’s the Champions League.” A rematch for 2024? “We are Barça and we like to be favorites for the Champions League, but we know that it takes a lot of work, it’s a very long road. A rematch? I’m not thinking about the last match, I’m focusing on the next one. I don’t think about the past, their team is different, ours too, everything has completely changed.”, comments relayed by RMC Sport.

This is, obviously, a highly anticipated match and there is great respect between these two teams. Flick certainly believes in his players and he has a plan to give them the best possible chance of getting a positive result. However, he cannot forget, and he doesn’t pretend to, that there is a formidable opponent on the other side.

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This match is a major European clash, with two of the strongest squads in recent months. There will be absentees, and some prefer to focus on that point. But the Barça coach is keen to emphasize that above all, there will be great players on the pitch.

Everyone is eager for the match, and a great show is promised. Both teams like to have possession, quickly recovered with intense pressing. It will be a great battle and everything can change very quickly. We can’t wait for this match, which also comes with a certain history. Even if, in the end, only the result on Wednesday night will really matter.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.