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Tourists who fell in love with Venice certainly had to take a quick tour of Strasbourg (the Alsatian Venice), Bruges (North Venice) or Amsterdam (the little Venice of the Netherlands) to try to find the charm of the Venetian city. But, when on their travel guide dwell on Birmingham, the questions had to be numerous.
If it is of course nicknamed the Venice of Mitlands for its many channels (more than Venice), Birmingham is far from what can be called charming. That's good, PSG, which arrives with two goals in advance, did not come to the heart of England to do tourism. Forgotten the Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park or the municipal library, the only real attraction will be Villa Park, where Paris will try to validate its ticket for the semi-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
Villa Park, a nightmare, really?
The old -fashioned Villans stadium and its 42,000 spectators, all equipped with a small sliding scarf in their headquarters, must turn into a nightmare for Parisians. A boiling atmosphere would wait for Ousmane Dembélé and his little friends, as suggested (very slowly) Unai Emery, the coach of Aston Villa, at a press conference on Monday afternoon:
« If we connect to our supporters, if we transmit a lot of positive energy to them, and if we do everything you need on the ground, they will add their energy to ours, and will help us a lot. It's always like that when you play at home. There is always this positive energy for us. We must use Villa Park as a fortress. »
The English club even went there from its small video on social networks with music that is scary, pyrotechnics, supporters who sing to gorges deployed with a leitmotif: “We believe in Villa Park”. It's a good war, and all the clubs would do the same. But the same chorus was heard in Liverpool a few weeks ago. For the result we know.
“Storage all this atmosphere”
Not scared at all by the Kop and all the Reds in madness after success at the Parc des Princes, the Parisians had only made a bite of the English, also turned by the need to overthrow the score. The scenario will be different Tuesday evening at Villa Park, where the villans are undefeated in the Champions League (only one defeat in the Premier League), with an advantage of two goals to manage in front of Villans who will surely arrive at the knife between the teeth.
“We did not come to speculate, we came to win,” said Ousmane Dembélé. We do not say to defend or keep the scoring. We want to play our game to the end. We know it's going to be a big atmosphere like Liverpool or Newcastle. And then we have all our supporters who will be there to encourage us. We will ignore all this atmosphere and stay focused on the match. »»
Same sensation obviously, at Luis Enrique, very happy to come to this historic lair of English football, but not impressed for two money: “It's always a pleasure to come and play a match in a stadium like Villa Park with its history. Our players are used to playing in a kind of high -level places. »»
PSG ready to suffer
Even Unai Emery recognized that the atmosphere put by The Claret & Blue Army should not have an impact on the opponent, who has already experienced much more hostile atmospheres in the Champions League. “PSG has experienced players who know how to play outside, they do it in France and Europe,” said the former Parisian coach. So, if the pressure from the stands should have no effect, the Spaniard hopes that the one on the ground will be able to heckle the capital's club.
And therefore radically change their approach to the match compared to that of the past week, where Aston Villa was content to defend. “We have to follow our plan as much as possible, be protagonists,” Detailed Emery. If we get an extension, it's fantastic. And if we get a penalty shootout, it's also fantastic. Tactically and collectively, we will try to be the best possible. »»
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To see the relaxed air of Luis Enrique at a press conference, not sure that PSG was frightened by this villa 2.0, even if it expects to see the goal of Gianluigi Donnarumma a little more assault: “There will be many moments when we will suffer a lot. You have to have the ability to forget what's going on around. If we are ready to suffer, we are ready to fulfill the goal which is victory. There is no excess of confidence, quite the opposite. Zen, Luis Enrique. Even with Thomas Shelby and all the Peaky Blinders on the back, the Spaniard would find a way to be calm. So it is not a quarter of the Champions League which will frighten him.
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