UCL Draw Thread

[The only place to be 11,313]

PSG 2011 is the SAME project of Chelsea 2003 or City 2008, it is not a makhachkala project. Qatar is here for a long long time.

This is what you don't understand.

Chelsea of 2003 were still playing Manchester United of 2003, Liverpool of 2003, Arsenal of 2003, Everton of 2003, Newcastle of 2003.

You're the best team in France. Well done. You're the tallest midget, the slimmest kid at fat camp, the big dick in a tranny convention. It doesn't matter. Unless you want to secede and move to a different league people will only tune in to watch PSG vs Monaco for the foreseeable future.

Chelsea aren't great because we're simply Chelsea, or because we're wealthy. We're great because we're tested EVERY week against top teams in matches people watch all over the world. PSG can't buy that.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Welcome to the forums! I completely agree with you, PSG can be compared to the Chelsea's or ManCity's story. There were no easy teams to be drawn at this stage of the competition but personally the only team I'd have had over PSG was ManU. It's nothing to do with Ligue 1 level, like you said, it's one of the best leagues in the world (TOP5). It's just that PSG is a not so well oiled machine yet albeit having great names in their ranks, although the future does look bright. The tie can go either way, football is round afterall.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Only on TC would drawing PSG in the UCL QF turn into a debate about Barcelona in the 60s to determine how tough the game will be

[Jase 43,479]

Blimey. The discussion has sure escalated quickly and there 184 people are viewing this thread.....

[edetarod 2,155]

happy with the draw, it will be a good test for our team

both teams have about the same chance to go through imo

[Muzchap 8,966]

Hi. I'm French and I don't know why you talking about the level of Ligue 1. I'm agree with you, our league is not good, essentially because French people discovered the football in 1998 (when France has won the world cup) while in England, Spain, Italy and Germany dream about football since forever, it is same a "religion" in Italy or Spain.

All the players of Paris SG are focused on the CL. Some people in this thread said, "i don't watch the games of PSG often", so why you speak about the team ? Have you ever seen Verratti, Matuidi, Motta, Maxwell (underrated here) play ? It is like if a guy speaks about a book that he has not read! Have you already seen the Zlatan Ibrahimovic of 2013-2014, because he's not like in the past, he plays with his teamates, he's really glad to be in this team. The form of his life.. PSG is the place to be in Europe. Most beautiful city in the world, ambitious project (PSG is already richer that City, Chelsea, Arsenal etc). If Chelsea eliminates PSG it will be a huge fail for direction of PSG, they want win the CL quickly! Ligue 1 is not an objective, for PSG it is just logical to win this league. Paris want to be the king of football in Europe, like the city is in Europe.

Ligue 1 is "sitting on the fence". Too weak compared to Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga and Liga, and too strong for Liga Sagres and Eredivisie. Though if Ajax, Porto and Benfica are good teams their league is weak, attendance poor, poor revenue..

For comparaison Paris has 400 (soon 500M€) budget

Monaco 180 (> 200 soon)

Lyon 150

Marseille 150

Ajax and Porto 80-100.

PSG 2011 is the SAME project of Chelsea 2003 or City 2008, it is not a makhachkala project. Qatar is here for a long long time.

And for the money of Paris SG, Paris does the strategy of Premier League clubs, that is to say make call to money of strangers to be competitive. PSG like United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and many premier league team doesn't care about nationality of players.

For the matches, for me it's 50-50. The advantage of Chelsea is to received at stamford bridge the second game, and Mourinho.

Agree with everything (nearly) but saying Paris is the most beautiful city in the world?

Having travelled around a lot - I have to disagree

[Barbara 15,149]

Forums are always a surprise.

You click on a thread about something and bam, nothing you ever expected reading comes across you.

Some pages of this thread were hilarious.

As for my take of this. I'm one of those who may underrate PSG, but I've said way before we drew them that they're overrated imo. So I think we have the slight edge here. They have some players better than we do (Silva, Cavani and Zlatan) and we have a way better defense and Hazard. If we have Luiz in the pivot, we also have a better midfield than them. Oscar is better than Lucas ALL NIGHT LONG, but current form, I'm not sure if he is - one more reason for him to get his shit together soon.

RM is going to eat that Dortmund team for dessert given how many players Klopp doesn't have for the first leg. Bayern will eat United like the man who's saved money for months to go to a brothel: front, back, up and down.

[topjr17 4]

First - time poster. I find it funny that some users are questioning the quality and competitiveness of Ligue 1 without realizing the league has had six different champions in the last six years. Also, I'd think Chelsea supporters would be extremely supportive of Ligue 1 considering a lot of your core players during your "come-up" came from Ligue 1 and I'm pretty sure they were quality seeing as one is still your number 1 goalkeeper and you just welcomed another back with open arms a few days ago. Everyone knows Ligue 1 isn't comparable to the Premier League or La Liga, but let's not completely dismiss it.

Saying all that. It's going to certainly be a great tie.

[Namika 922]

Sirigu - Jallet, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva (cap), Maxwell - Verratti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi - Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Lavezzi.

Line-up for their game against Lorient in 1 hour.If there are no injury, it will be this team that will play against us (Van der Wiel or Jallet).

[magiczlatan 15]

Hi,

I'm a PSG fan. I have no idea whether PSG will qualify or not; however, I have come to the conclusion that Chelsea would qualify 55% of the time versus PSG.

I am terrified of Mourinho; his home record is very impressive. He is the guy who managed to stay unbeaten for 151 league games at home between 2002 and 2011. It ain't no luck; I really believe that he is a genius, and I wish he had signed for PSG last year.

One knows how important a coach is in football; I won't talk about Moyes lol.

I can't wait to see how chelsea can prevent PSG from creating chances. It is true that PSG is not used to playing againt good teams. Yes, PSG never loses but they have not been tested very often. Beating Benfica by 3 goals to nil is the best result of the season. So, I still have a hard time evaluating PSG because of the fact that they don't play in Spain or England, and that they never try to score more goals. Maybe we are very strong, but I do not want to get carried away. We will be stronger next year, and the year after. Obviously, It all depends on foreing money because the Ligue 1 will never be in the top 2 leagues. It's just impossible; taxes are too high and Football is all about being rich.

I expect PSG to get hold of the ball. Well, the good news is that PSG is used to playing against teams parking the bus.

This is what Chelsea should do anyway (kind of). PSG will start with Sirigu, Van der weil, Silva, Alex, Maxwell, Motta, Matuidi, Verrati,

Lavezzi (unfortunately), Ibra, Cavani.

I am happy that we did not get drawn against Bayern, Real, Barca. Anyway, I have a bad feeling about our chances. I suck at Sports betting though: consequently, I should probably bet on PSG.

I look forward to watching the tie. I still remember seeing Terry miss the winning penalty in 2008. Ouch! It must have been a nightmare. So sick!

[bouletje 82]

Damn, Are you joking ?! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

How is that dumb? NVM probably your first post here, I see where this is coming from and where it's going to.

[mediator 2,026]

Hi,

I'm a PSG fan. I have no idea whether PSG will qualify or not; however, I have come to the conclusion that Chelsea would qualify 55% of the time versus PSG.

I am terrified of Mourinho; his home record is very impressive. He is the guy who managed to stay unbeaten for 151 league games at home between 2002 and 2011. It ain't no luck; I really believe that he is a genius, and I wish he had signed for PSG last year.

One knows how important a coach is in football; I won't talk about Moyes lol.

I can't wait to see how chelsea can prevent PSG from creating chances. It is true that PSG is not used to playing againt good teams. Yes, PSG never loses but they have not been tested very often. Beating Benfica by 3 goals to nil is the best result of the season. So, I still have a hard time evaluating PSG because of the fact that they don't play in Spain or England, and that they never try to score more goals. Maybe we are very strong, but I do not want to get carried away. We will be stronger next year, and the year after. Obviously, It all depends on foreing money because the Ligue 1 will never be in the top 2 leagues. It's just impossible; taxes are too high and Football is all about being rich.

I expect PSG to get hold of the ball. Well, the good news is that PSG is used to playing against teams parking the bus.

This is what Chelsea should do anyway (kind of). PSG will start with Sirigu, Van der weil, Silva, Alex, Maxwell, Motta, Matuidi, Verrati,

Lavezzi (unfortunately), Ibra, Cavani.

I am happy that we did not get drawn against Bayern, Real, Barca. Anyway, I have a bad feeling about our chances. I suck at Sports betting though: consequently, I should probably bet on PSG.

I look forward to watching the tie. I still remember seeing Terry miss the winning penalty in 2008. Ouch! It must have been a nightmare. So sick!

You are welcome here

[FabHazard 655]

Paris St Germain coach Laurent Blanc said on Friday that Chelsea will have a Champions League advantage by hosting the second match in their quarterfinal.

"We are going to prepare well for this double confrontation, we still have a little time" Blanc said in reaction to the quarterfinal draw.

"Getting the return leg is a small advantage for Chelsea so we will have to make the difference at home," he told the Paris club's official website.

Paris captain Thiago Silva said he was delighted to be playing against fellow Brazilian expatriates David Luiz, Ramires, Oscar and Willian at Chelsea. "I can't wait to get there. It will be a big duel between two big clubs. And I hope that contrary to last season we can reach the semifinals."

Barcelona beat Paris St Germain in last year's quarterfinals on away goals.

The Paris match will be on April 2 and the return in London on April 8.

Paris president Nasser al-Khelaifi insisted that the side his Qatari company bankrolls would be ready for the battle.

"As I said before the draw, the seven sides who remain (with Paris) are very strong. We will be ready for these matches against Chelsea, a club for whom I have a lot of respect. I know this will be very exciting for all of ourn supporters and we are very impatient," Khelaifi said in a statement to AFP.

[Barbara 15,149]

Fuck sake (pardon my FRENCH) but why is it so hard for some people to get the basics?

If you look back the last 10 pages, sane people are trying to make very simple points.

1)There isn't a clear favorite in this tie, therefore there's no upset regardless of who wins.

2) Ligue 1 was, is and probably is always going to be a second tier league. No matter how much money one team may have, the league will hardly strengthen, saying such isn't a lie and shouldn't be an offense.

3) The fact that PSG is playing in a second tier league doesn't make them worse than us, just less tested, less experienced, just less used to having to face big sharks. They don't have that confidence that comes from beating big teams because there are no big teams for them to beat. Psychology is one the biggest aspects of games at this stage.

4) The fact that some of our players come from Ligue 1 doesn't make Ligue 1 better. If it was better they wouldn't leave the country and go to England, Spain or Germany.

The best thing about this tie though is how little attention it'll get and along with little emotional investment. There's no drama like Mourinho facing RM or Pep Guardiola. There's no nostalgia, excitement and precaution like playing Barça. There's no ill feelings about facing Courtois off. There's no media games minds on us like playing United. The only comparable is Dortmund and even then I'm sure there would be some lines about Mourinho facing the team that put his RM to shame last season in the first leg. This is the most neutral, unattached and even low profile QF. Everyone will keep their eyes elsewhere for one reason or the other. Given our position in EPL and what's at stake there, I think the lack of attention is just what we needed. There won't be too much spotlight on Mourinho and the boys.

JUST DO IT, CHELS!!!

[duo11bluecl 207]

Sirigu - Jallet, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva (cap), Maxwell - Verratti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi - Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Lavezzi.

Line-up for their game against Lorient in 1 hour.If there are no injury, it will be this team that will play against us (Van der Wiel or Jallet).

Obviously lol their strongest team. Maybe Lucas instead of Cavani because he is better out wide but then if they are chasing they will bring him on. Even if someone in their CM are injured, they just bring in Cabaye. Maybe VDW at RB too.

[sdrcfc 461]

Not too sure why people are calling Chelsea the underdogs in this tie, while PSG have a good squad they have very limited experience when it comes to playing top sides. We'll knock them out.

[duo11bluecl 207]

Not too sure why people are calling Chelsea the underdogs in this tie, while PSG have a good squad they have very limited experience when it comes to playing top sides. We'll knock them out.

Most overrated thing in the world, 1st season back in CL after ages for us in 2003 guess where we ended up? Guess who we knocked out in 04-05? Guess who Porto beat in Jose's last season in charge?

It means fa really, Ibra, Silva, Cavani, Thiago Motta...etc all have experience and know about it, just because the club hasn't went on a amazing run in Europe for a long time doesn't mean they don't know how to do it. I am sure we probably will but people are underestimating a team with 2 player the best in the world in their positions.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

This is what you don't understand.

Chelsea of 2003 were still playing Manchester United of 2003, Liverpool of 2003, Arsenal of 2003, Everton of 2003, Newcastle of 2003.

You're the best team in France. Well done. You're the tallest midget, the slimmest kid at fat camp, the big dick in a tranny convention. It doesn't matter. Unless you want to secede and move to a different league people will only tune in to watch PSG vs Monaco for the foreseeable future.

Chelsea aren't great because we're simply Chelsea, or because we're wealthy. We're great because we're tested EVERY week against top teams in matches people watch all over the world. PSG can't buy that.

This is exactly it. The 2004 Arsenal team we beat for the title was undefeated the year before. They had Cole Veiera, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry, Fabergas, and others. The United team had Ronaldo, Rooney, Beckham, Scholes, Giggs, Ferdinand, Keane, Van Nistelroy and others. These were teams stocked with world-class, top level talent. Yet, what makes the Premier League the best league in the world is not the top 2 or 3 teams. It's that teams up and down the league are tough. ManU is a very talented team with a few fantastic players and is in 7th in the league. Mid-table teams like Newcastle and Southampton are tough and have some very good players. You look at mid-table teams in other leagues and they aren't full of international players. 12 teams in the Premier League have players who have combined for more than 250 international caps. France has 2 teams at that level (and barely). Hell, more of the French national team play in England than in France. Even a significant contingent of the Spanish national team now plays in England. The Premier League is the league that has the best players in the world. (yes, it's because it has the most money, but that's really irrelevant).