Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil admitted on Monday that he dreamed of a “magical night” in which his side came back from 2-0 down in the first leg and knocked Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League in the second leg of the Champions League. -16 draw.
“We know that the passage will be complicated, that PSG are one of the contenders for the final, but we have no doubt that the players and I will go through there,” Imanol said in the pre-match press conference. Sebastian.
“It’s going to be difficult because PSG have one of the groups in the Champions League and are one of the favourites, but we played at the same point as them for the first hour.
“It’s because of small details, even gifts from us, that the result is 2-0. “
Kylian Mbappe gave PSG the lead before the hour mark in the first leg, and Bradley Barcola then made it 2-0.
Real Sociedad have won just one of their last matches in all competitions and have scored just six goals in that span.
That run took them to seventh place in La Liga, as they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey in the semi-finals by consequences via Mallorca.
A semi-finalist in the 1983 European Cup, they have never won a Champions League tie.
Despite this, the 52-year-old Basque coach is optimistic about the prospects.
“Of course we can do it, but we have to do a lot of things right because we have a wonderful team at stake,” he added.
“Why not, if everything goes as we need to? Why can’t we turn the stage around and dream of a magical evening where we are at PSG?”
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