2024-02-14 06:55:55
Valentine’s Day, the celebration of love, often falls on the round of 16 first leg of the PSG Champions League. The capital club has and will play four of its last eight rounds on February 14.
Since QSI’s arrival in Paris, Valentine’s Day has not been a good memory for Parisian fans. The adventure with the romantic date had however started as an idyll. On February 14, 2017, Unai Emery’s PSG defeated Luis Enrique’s FC Barcelona (4-0).
Tuesday February 14, 2017. PSG pulverizes Barça. Before undergoing the famous Camp Nou comeback on the way back. LP/Guillaume Georges
Despite this historic success, it is especially the return match that remains in the memories. On March 8, 2017, the Parisians were humiliated by the Blaugrana in a crazy evening at Camp Nou (6-1).
PSG and Valentine’s Day, “I love you neither”
The following year, the Parisians played again on February 14, with the hope of forgetting the comeback. But their Valentine’s Day turns into a night of defeat. This February 14, 2018, still coached by the Spaniard, the Parisians lost at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid (3-1). During the second round, the Madrilenians consolidated their lead with a success on the Parc pitch (1-2).
The Parisians played a third time on February 14. It was last year, against Bayern Munich. Once again, Valentine’s Day is synonymous with European disillusionment. The capital club was defeated (0-1) by the Bavarians in its lair of the Parc des Princes. Three weeks later, Christophe Galtier’s men lost again (0-2) in Germany.
The results are there. The lovers’ party is almost the black cat of the Parisians in the European Cup. PSG has never made it past the round of 16 by playing its first leg on Valentine’s Day, whether this round ended in victory or defeat.
There is no doubt that the capital’s players will want to break the curse and bring some love to their supporters. They will have the opportunity to change the course of things and do so this Wednesday in the first leg against Real Sociedad.
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