PSG's Champions League curse continues

Since 2012, PSG has always agonized injury glitches ahead of key Champions League Final games. They could be without numerous stars against Real Madrid.

Since Nasser Al Khelaïfi's influx, PSG has grown a status for being one of the top sides to beat in the Champions League. However, the current Ligue 1 leaders incline to suffer untimely obstacles ahead of their big European games. Fans can buy Tickets for Champions League Final from our website.

Over the past era, PSG was without key players for decisive ties a ritual which could be frequent this year as Pochettino could be without Neymar, Paredes, and Ramos for next week's Last 16 clash with Real Madrid. Two of them will be hesitant until the eve of the game.

PSG's bad luck in Europe

PSG's wicked affluence began in the 2012/13 season. With Carlo Ancelotti at the tiller, they met Barcelona in the Champions League Final. The Italian coach was without Thiago Motta and Matuidi - the tie finished 3-3 and Barça radical to the next round on away goals.

It was a parallel story the following year when they tackled Chelsea at the same stage. This time, PSG were unable to count on Ibrahimovic and Van der Wiel and once again ended up losing on away goals after Demba Ba flattened the tie in the fading minutes at Stamford Bridge.

They drew Chelsea in the Last 16 of the 2014/15 version once again, dogged by injuries. For the first leg in Paris, Coach Laurent Blanc was missing four first-team patrons Motta, Aurier, Cabaye, and Lucas Moura as it ended 1-1.

For the return leg at Stamford Bridge, Lucas Moura and Aurier were still engaged but the team fringed the tie thanks to a late David Luiz strike. Just when it was observed like PSG's Champions League plague was over, tragedy struck in the quarter-finals.

Barcelona where the competitors and Blanc were missing stars in both the home and away limbs. PSG mislaid the first leg 0-3 with Ibrahimovic, Verratti, Aurier, and Thiago Motta all out injured. Even though the tie was virtually over, PSG voyaged to Barcelona without Thiago Silva, Thiago Motta, and Aurier.

Blanc's time at PSG could not have finished much inferior with his team suffering a nightmare in the Champions League Final. PSG had taken a 2-2 from the first leg away at Manchester City, giving them an exclusive chance to make the semi-finals for just the second time in their antiquity.

But they grieved more injuries ahead of the second peg at the Etihad. Blanc had to change his midfield as Verratti was unable to travel and he mislaid Thiago Motta to injury just before half-time. PSG ended the game playing with three center-back and lost the game 1-0 with Kevin De Bruyne's winner sending City through.

No Neymar with PSG

In new seasons, the key truant in the Champions League Final rounds has been Neymar. Since the Brazilian negotiated Barcelona for Paris in 2017, he has missed three out of four draws in the Round of 16.

He sat out the return leg against Real Madrid in 2018, both pegs of the meeting with Manchester United at the same phase in 2019; he was fit a year later to face Borussia Dortmund but was back in the fatality room before both meetings with his old club Barcelona in 2021.

Now, he is unsure for Tuesday's clatter with Real Madrid, as is Paredes, who is tending a captor injury, and Sergio Ramos, who is nearly ruled out for the first leg in Paris. It sums up the bad fluke which PSG has had over the past 10 years in the Champions League Final.

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