The quarterfinals of the 2025 Champions League They continue to leave strong emotions. This Wednesday, the FC Barcelona and the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) They achieved forceful victories In your first leg against Borussia Dortmund (4-0) and Aston Villa (3-1)respectively. However, so much Hansi Flick as Luis Enrique They were prudent, avoiding favorites for the return.
“You never know what can happen. Football is a crazy sport,” said Barça coach Hansi Flick, after 4-0 in Montjuïc. “We have played at a high level, but in Dortmund you have to play as today. It’s a very good team.”
Barcelona seems perfect, less for Flick
Flick stressed that, despite the great result, his team can still correct errors:
“The result was excellent, but we made too many mistakes. We have to have confidence and make few failures.”
For its part, Luis Enrique He also avoided assuming favoritism despite solid 3-1 of the PSG on Aston Villa in the Princes Park:
“The issue of favoritism does not make much sense in this competition. The result does not matter, the goal in Birmingham is to win,” said the Asturian coach. “Specular does not exist in our vocabulary.”
These statements contrast with the results of Tuesday, when the real Madrid It was thrashed 3-0 by the Arsenal and the Bayern Munich 2-1 fell in front of Inter from Milan. Paradoxically, the more probable comeback seems to be those of the teams that lost for less marginwhile Dortmund and Aston Villa must climb mountains against rivals who already proved to be superior.
Champions League: No margin to trust
Both Barcelona and PSG know that, in Europe, No result guarantees the pass. With recent examples of historical comebacks in the Champions League, the coaches keep the speech of humility, approach and ambition.
