This clash could very well be Chelsea’s biggest game of the season on Wednesday when they host PSG at Stamford Bridge in their Champions League last-16 second leg. Given their unbeaten run under interim manager Guus Hiddink and a revived Premier League campaign, the Blues have the chance to exact revenge on the French side for dumping them out of Europe’s elite competition last year while progressing to the quarter-finals in the process.
Chelsea will certainly be wary of Abramovich’s stakes at the European level and be full of confidence on the back on no-losses since Hiddink has taken over facing Ligue 1 champions. Getting a result on home soil as they have an away goal to their advantage, but PSG will not prove such easy opposition as they lead the tie 2-1 and have only been beaten twice all season.
Chelsea possible starting XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman, Mikel, Fabregas, Traore, Willian, Hazard, Costa.
What is Coach Guus Hiddink saying?
“We will need to be angry from the start on Wednesday, but in a controlled way. The players must be fully concentrated because we are playing a class team and they will punish you if you start sloppy.
“In those big games, you cannot guarantee that players won’t make errors, but regarding the concentration level and the attention level, that’s automatic – I don’t have any fear of that.”
The stakes are extremely high for this latest clash of the clubs, with Chelsea looking to Europe for joy while they continue to struggle in the Premier League. PSG head to London with a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Paris last month thanks to a late Edinson Cavani winner, but the tie is finely poised, with John Obi Mikel’s away goal giving Chelsea plenty of reason to believe they can progress.
Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain meet at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday with both sides’ seasons riding on the outcome of their Champions League last 16, second leg showdown.
What’s it going to be? Away goals or a comeback for the Blues at the Stamford Bridge?
Lets wait till Wednesday night to find out!