Edinson Cavani will have the tough task of filling in for Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic when Paris Saint-Germain take on Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. PSG won the first leg of the quarter-final tie 3-1 but they lost Ibrahimovic who limped out during the match due to a hamstring strain. He will miss most of the action in April. Without Ibrahimovic, Cavani was given a central striking role and he did well last Saturday, scoring a goal in PSG's 3-0 league win over Reims.
PSG head coach Laurent Blanc rested a few players in Saturday's league match, including Ezequiel Lavezzi, Thiago Motta and Blaise Matuidi. Chelsea have overturned two-goal deficits before, they did it back in 2011-2012 when they knocked out Napoli after losing 3-1 in the first leg. The last time PSG visited England was in 2008 when they secured a goalless draw at Manchester City.
A goalless draw is unlikely in Tuesday's match given the attacking strength of both teams and Chelsea's determination to turn things around. PSG have scored 13 times on their travels in this edition of the Champions League. Coach Laurent Blanc has a personal reason to want revenge over Chelsea as the Blues have defeated Bordeaux with Blanc at the helm 4-0 back in 2008.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Chelsea win - 17/20 Draw - 14/5 PSG win - 7/2
majoros gabriella
10 years ago
Unfortunately the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovics was observably in gameplay of Paris Saint Germaine.
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luminairee
10 years ago
Haha pasty and again who's the master ? :D Chelsea did a so good game yesterday. Emotions till the end , Demba Ba gave them qualify in 88' that was amazing, I didnt expect the 2nd goal but it was too hot in the last minutes and they made it.
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pasty
10 years ago
Haha, yet again, luminairee, i have a bad feeling about this game. PSG has grown up in the last year and they've acumullated much experience, i think they can keep their advantage trough-out the 90 minutes of the game. Chelsea is unpredictable, may do a great match but can also make two lousy ones in a row. With Mourinho...
Haha, yet again, luminairee, i have a bad feeling about this game. PSG has grown up in the last year and they've acumullated much experience, i think they can keep their advantage trough-out the 90 minutes of the game. Chelsea is unpredictable, may do a great match but can also make two lousy ones in a row. With Mourinho in charge, everything is possible, i'm hopping to see a great match.
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luminairee
10 years ago
Ok this what we have seen last game was quite dominant for PSG, now today Chelsea will surely take a revenge on them, or at least will try to do so. Do they have any chances to make it even tonight ? I think yes, the own field , own supporters and 1 goal scored away makes it possible that we'll see a great game from Chelsea...
Ok this what we have seen last game was quite dominant for PSG, now today Chelsea will surely take a revenge on them, or at least will try to do so. Do they have any chances to make it even tonight ? I think yes, the own field , own supporters and 1 goal scored away makes it possible that we'll see a great game from Chelsea tonight. With Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres in lineups for today they willl surely have a great strike I think.
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