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Xavi backs PSG to knock Madrid out

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Xavi has backed PSG to knock Real Madrid out of the Champions League.

Barcelona legend Xavi believes Paris Saint-Germain can still come back and eliminate Real Madrid from the Champions League in just over a fortnight.

PSG were beaten 3-1 at the Bernabéu in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie last week, leaving the Ligue 1 leaders with a minor mountain to climb when the two sides meet in the return leg at the Parc des Princes on 6 March.

 He might struggle to find too many people who will agree with him but Xavi feels with a little bit of luck, Unai Emery’s men can still pull off an unlikely turn-around and make it to the next stage.

Xavi said:

“Real got a bit lucky in the first leg, However, they made their own luck. So, I say that if PSG can show character in the second leg, they can do it.

“A two-goal deficit is not insurmountable, and a lot of things can happen over 90 minutes. As far as I am concerned, PSG have the mentality to succeed and turn the tide.

“Dani Alves, Marco Verratti, Ángel Di María… I mean, come on, Di María did not get to play a single minute!

“It is inexplicable. Real did not really play, yet they won. Once again, PSG needed to kill the match when they had the chance.

“It was not a game that you could analyse in just one go. There were different phases. In the second half, there was a period where PSG were clearly in the ascendency. During these moments, you could feel that Real were ready to crack under PSG’s pressure.

“It was at this time that PSG needed to get their second goal. They did not and consequently, they conceded two. What PSG experienced, I have also gone through with Barça.”

“I do not think that the PSG players thought back to the 6-1,

“I thought that they played with a lot of personality.

“Did PSG play badly? No. Were Real awful? Not really. It is always like this in football – when you win, you are great.”

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