When I said most beautiful city, it was a matter of opinion, but the truth is that Paris is the most visited city, it is the facts... London and Paris are the two most important, richest, largest urban areas in the European Union, they are global cities. It was a shame for a city like Paris to have not a big football team. Btw, PSG is historically the club for rich people in France, the stadium of Paris is localised in 16th arrondissement, the richest corner of Paris. It is the same case for Chelsea according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_arrondissement_of_Paris And Marquinhos is a substitute, it is Alex who will play Sirigu Van der Wiel - Alex - Thiago Silva - Maxwell Motta Verratti - Matuidi Cavani - Ibra - Lucas/Lavezzi Strong points of Paris SG: - Verratti has a incredible technical, for take the ball from his feet it is a hard job. He doesn't throw the ball far away, He loves play in the small spaces. He's like barça players. - Motta is the air traffic control of the team. - Call for the ball to Cavani. He plays in movement, he defends and run so much - Ibra is in form of his life, he plays with his teamates - Thiago Silva, he has almost none default, tackles, interception, throw the ball.. very excellent - Matuidi is a different style that Verratti and Motta. He has not a gorgeous technical but he's at 200% in each game and he recuperates the ball often, he is important - Possession of the ball, Paris wants to make the game, they want the ball and they make 500-600 passes per game for 85-95% succeeded, they have > 60% of possession etc. It will be an opposite style because these skills are not the characteristics of Chelsea Weak points: - Van der Wiel is not good - Sirigu, good on his line but weak for the corners and long kick - Not many experience together - Laurent Blanc is not a great coach, he's in Paris because he speaks Italian - Chelsea will be the stronger opponent to Paris since.... 1 year and the match against Barcelona. So we don't know the value of PSG against a top 8 European team... we'll see in 10 days. - Lavezzi misses all his opportunities (example https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NvZ1yXOaisE#t=24 ) - Lucas can't stay in the left, he goes always on the center.. but it is an explosive player like hazard (but hazard is better obviously) It is not a mercenary team. They live in a great city, and they play like a group, not individually. It is not zenith saint petersbourg or makhachkala. Ligue 1 is widely inferior to the Premier League but it is not a hideous league.. the stadiums are better that Serie A, the games are sometimes good, there are educators to train french young players of quality, training centers are good etc... anyway their purpose is the Champions League, not Ligue 1. That being said, I think it is the most interest quarter, definitely undecisive game. Before the draw, in France the opinion, basically say Bayern, Barcelona, Real and Chelsea are the 4 squad to avoid. I hope we'll see a great games. ps : sorry for my english, he's not perfect
