Manchester Utd vs Paris Saint - Germain: "European War"

The draw schedule has brought many big teams to face each other in the round of 16 such as Liverpool - Bayern Munich, Lyon - Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid - Juventus, Ajax - Real Madrid... but perhaps the match that fans are most interested in and waiting for is still the confrontation between Manchester United and Paris Saint - Germain (PSG) at 3am, February 13, 2019.

PSG squad. Photo: vtv.vn

For the Old Trafford team, meeting PSG at this time is something they do not want when PSG has shown that in recent seasons they have played very consistently and are always the team that finishes and is crowned when the Ligue 1 season ends.

However, more than ever, the team at the "Prince's Park" stadium has never once raised the prestigious Champions League Cup as the team's position, unable to satisfy fans, if anything, it is only the UEFA Cup Winners Cup/Cup C2 in 1996. And since then, PSG has repeatedly reached out to the ocean, with the desire to become a force in world football at the club level but has not been successful, although they have no shortage of talent.

That is why in recent seasons they have spared no expense in recruiting world-class players such as Neymar, Cavani, Gianluigi Buffon, spending 135 million Euros to buy out the young striker currently considered the best in the world, Kylian Mbappe.

With a deep and quality squad, possessing world-class attacking stars, PSG is showing that they are the number 1 candidate for the French Ligue 1 championship with 56 points, 10 points more than the second-placed team Lille and promises to bring home various domestic titles when the season ends. However, the Champions League is the final destination, the pride, the desire of PSG and the people of the splendid city of Paris and only then will they (PSG) truly be a great team.

However, the battle spirit and experience in the big European arena are still something that PSG lacks and the dream of conquering Europe that has been cherished for many years is still unfinished. That pride was once felt by the French people 26 years ago, the day Olimpique de Marseille lifted the C1 Cup in 1993 and 3 years later, the 1996 European Super Cup was won by PSG.

And now the expectations are weighing heavily on the shoulders of coach Thomas Tuchel and the legs of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar (if they recover in time) or Edinson Cavani, Thiago Silva, Angel di Maria... because they are the brightest stars of world football gathered at the "Prince's Park" stadium.

Coach Thomas Tuchel personally seems to be having a headache with the problem in the attack when Neymar's injury is a big question mark and the big match is near. Without this main striker, PSG is considered to have lost half of its strength, while Cavani and Kylian Mbappe have not shown that they are a perfect killer duo without Neymar.

However, in any situation, there must be reasonable solutions to overcome it, and PSG will reach out to the big sea of ​​Europe once again, and this time the obstacle challenging them is the "Red Devils" of Manchester - a team that is on the way to a strong revival.

Coach Solskjaer and his players are very confident before the big match with PSG. Photo:Getty

With the home team of "Theatre of Dreams" now flying on their own wings. A sleeping empire is truly rising in the land of fog, Paul Pogba, Rashford, Matic, Lukaku, Herrera, Martial, Lindelof, De Gea... are being themselves every time they step onto the field.

The proof is the 11-match unbeaten streak in the domestic league. And the "Red Devils" are in the race for the top 4 in the Premier League.

The recent victories in the domestic league are just a stimulant for the spirit of coach Solskjaer and his players. Meeting PGS in the 1/8 round of the Champions League is really a huge challenge, a test of the talent and mettle of the Norwegian coach when he leads the team to participate in the Champions League for the first time as a coach. And his students are also asserting themselves in the Champions League.

The feeling of victory when standing at the top of the Champions League for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a player of MU is still vivid in the memory of the 1998 - 1999 season when MU defeated Bayern Munich in the emotional final. It was Solskjaer "the baby-faced assassin" who scored the goal that sealed the score 2 - 1 when the match time was running down to the final seconds. Hopefully that emotion will be passed on to the students on the field when welcoming PGS at Old Trafford.

A match that promises to bring a lot of drama, surprises and emotions at the "Theater of Dreams" stadium at 3:00 a.m. on February 13, 2019./.