The time has come to make our mea culpa. At the end of yet another not necessarily thrilling match from PSG, we had a little seasoned Luis Enrique and his promise made in December that his team would be much better in February. It must be said that after the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Real Sociedad, the progress did not jump out at us.
Except that since then, it is clear that his PSG has indeed gained momentum and is directly applying for a place in the Champions League final. This is also the observation made by Edin Terzic, the coach of Borussia Dortmund, on the eve of his team’s semi-final first leg against the Rouge et Bleu at the Westfalenstadion.
“We know that Paris is now in top form. They have accumulated very good results and only one defeat in 2024. We know that we will still have to improve our performance in the return match of the group stage,” he warned on Tuesday at a press conference.
“I think we have a chance,” says Terzic
For the Dortmund technician, PSG experienced a profound change in the summer of 2023 and did not necessarily show the performances he hoped for at the start of the season, but always obtained results. “I think that in recent weeks or months, they have been extremely consistent,” he stressed. “PSG with its project has been built with the objective of winning the Champions League for almost a decade. We want to be a part of that. If we had to play 44 matches against Paris SG, it would be difficult for us, but there are only two matches, 180 minutes,” slipped Terzic.
Finally, Lucien Favre’s former assistant on the Borussen bench doesn’t think he’s anyone else. He knows that if his team is the weakest of the four semi-finalists on paper, it still has arguments to make, a lot to satisfy. “I don’t care if we are favorites or underdogs, the main thing is that we have a chance. I think we have a chance, and if there is one, we have to take it. Maybe we are the team with the least experience at this level of the competition, but who are the hungriest. Perhaps this is what we should use to our advantage,” he concluded. We can’t wait to sit down at the table.