{"id":11606,"date":"2023-11-27T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/11606\/paris-saint-germain-treating-newcastle-clash\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T20:44:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:44:25","slug":"paris-saint-germain-treating-newcastle-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=11606","title":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain treating Newcastle clash &#8216;like a final&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain treating Newcastle clash &#8216;like a final&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain will approach this week&#8217;s Champions League match at home to Newcastle United as a final, coach Luis Enrique said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>PSG find themselves in a delicately balanced Group F, where all four teams can still progress, and hope to take advantage of home advantage in Tuesday&#8217;s match in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parc des Princes will carry us, I expect a great atmosphere,\u201d Luis Enrique said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need fans, we need a stadium that is warmer and more passionate than usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will play this match as a final. At this level, home matches are key matches. The crowd is a special asset for us, we are expecting incredible support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PSG lost 4-1 to Newcastle at St James&#8217; Park in October, and after the Premier League side&#8217;s 4-1 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over Chelsea on Saturday, Luis Enrique is preparing for another tough challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are very strong physically, they are able to press hard and very high, there is a lot of intensity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you saw their last game against Chelsea, the physical [condition] is still at this level.  We know that this will still be the case tomorrow, we will have to be ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Newcastle beat PSG 4-1 in October. <cite>Photo by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>PSG have won their last six league matches to move to the top of Ligue 1, but the coach expects even more from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team is not yet what I want, but we are in a process of discovery, we can get even more from our players and we can go even further,\u201d Luis Enrique said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I already like what I see. There is already a lot of satisfaction but there is still a lot of room for improvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just three points separate group leaders Borussia Dortmund from bottom club Newcastle, but PSG can secure progression if they beat the English side and AC Milan fail to win against Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a difficult and tight group, tomorrow the match will be decisive since the group can be decided after the fifth day,\u201d said Luis Enrique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut everything could also be decided on the last day, but I know that my team is ready for tomorrow and can do big things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PSG are second in Group F with six points, one point behind Dortmund and one point ahead of Milan, with Newcastle on four points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain treating Newcastle clash &#8216;like a final&#8217;\u060c Paris Saint-Germain will approach this week&#8217;s Champions League match at home to Newcastle United as a final, coach Luis Enrique said on Monday. PSG find themselves in a delicately balanced Group F, where all four teams can still progress, and hope to take advantage of home advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1462,1372,2694,4005,4006,4236],"class_list":["post-11606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-clash","tag-final","tag-newcastle","tag-paris","tag-saintgermain","tag-treating"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11608,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11606\/revisions\/11608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}