The Champions League knockout rounds are about to begin, with Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid meeting in the quarter-finals. Paris Saint-Germain have a strong and very good form, currently leading the Ligue 1 table with 59 points, up to 15 points ahead of second-place Marseille, and the league is stress-free, Paris Saint-Germain can focus on the Champions League knockout stages. The Champions League is the most desired title for Paris Saint-Germain at the moment, and Paris is bound to do its best for it.
Although Real Madrid's paper line-up is not as strong as Paris Saint-Germain, it is also in very good shape. After taking charge last summer, veteran coach Carlo Ancelotti led Real Madrid to a strong lead in la Liga this season, and is currently four points ahead of second-placeD Sevilla, although the advantage is not very large, but it is still the most promising team in La Liga. Real Madrid are no strangers to the Champions League and are the team with the most wins in The history of the Champions League, with a total of 13 titles.
Paris Saint-Germain, as a giant club that quickly piles up by money, will buy big stars almost every season in order to win the Champions League, and last summer bought 5 people in one go, and the strength has been unprecedentedly improved, and last summer Paris Saint-Germain was once considered the most capable team to win the Champions League. Real Madrid's Champions League heritage is very strong, although the lineup is not as good as Paris Saint-Germain, but it has basically completed the reconstruction, so in this knockout round who can advance to the quarterfinals is still unknown.
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid's last two clashes in the Champions League have occurred in the group stage of 2017-2018 and the quarter-finals of the 2019-2020 season, respectively. In the 2017-2018 Champions League group stage, Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-3 away to Real Madrid in the first leg and 1-2 at home to Real Madrid in the second leg. That season Cristiano Ronaldo was still at Real Madrid, and Mbappe and Neymar just joined Paris Saint-Germain.
In the 2019-2020 season, C Ronaldo left real Madrid for the second season, Real Madrid is still in the throes, Paris Saint-Germain side Mbappe grew rapidly, Icardi joined, the strength of paris Saint-Germain against the rebuilding real Madrid in the two-legged game to take advantage. Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 at home to Real Madrid in the first leg and drew 2-2 with Real Madrid in the second leg.
Now there is no particularly big gap between the strength of the two teams, and with Mbappe's sake, this game between the two teams is full of gunpowder and will definitely be very exciting. Paris Saint-Germain took the match very seriously, according to Spanish media ABC news, Paris executives believe that beating Real Madrid in the knockout round will help the team keep Mbappe. The players who beat Real Madrid paris are also very confident.
Spanish media ABC also pointed out that when the Paris players learned that the Champions League quarter-elimination match would be against Real Madrid, they unanimously expressed their intention to defeat Real Madrid in the game and completely destroy the confidence of Real Madrid players. Messi is the happiest of these players, he often plays for Barcelona, he is very familiar with Real Madrid, playing at the Bernabeu is easy for him, he may be able to perform well.
One of the players was unbelievable about Paris drawing Real Madrid, and that was Ramos, who had played for Real Madrid for many years. Ramos was reluctant to play against his old club, and he was skeptical of the Paris players' rhetoric. Real Madrid's experience in the Champions League is far better than that of Paris Saint-Germain, and head coach Carlo Ancelotti has led Real Madrid to the Champions League, which Pochettino cannot match.
At present, both sides have announced the big list, Paris Saint-Germain side forwards Mbappe, Messi, Neymar, Icardi, midfielder Verratti, Herrera and others, defenders Marchinhos, Kimpembe, Ramos, Ashraf, goalkeeper Navas, Donnarumma and other main players are all listed. On the Real Madrid side, Benzema, Vinicius, Hazard, Kroos, Modric, Valverde, Carvajal, Militão and Courtois appeared on the list. Both sides are present and will send the strongest squads, and the real madrid match against Paris should be the most exciting match in the eight-in-one knockout round.