The chances of Paris Saint-Germain succumbing to a 5-1 defeat against Barcelona on Wednesday night cannot be dismissed and a selection of the Ligue 1 side's players have admitted they'd be happy with such a scoreline.
In a filmed conversation over lunch between Marco Verratti, Thomas Meunier, Blaise Matuidi, and Julian Draxler, the players compare notes on their satisfaction at an away goals aggregate victory.
"If we lose 5-1, do you think we would be happy?" asked Verratti.
"No, I would be annoyed," replied Meunier.
"I would be happy," admitted Draxler.
"Yes... I would be happy," agreed Matuidi.
The Italian then admitted that his views have changed since PSG's 4-0 first leg win over the Blaugrana back at Parc des Princes.
"If they had asked me before the tie, I would have been happy," he said. "But if it happens now I would be annoyed, even if we go through."
"Of course, I am the same," noted Belgian defender Meunier. "If you lose 5-1 then people will mock us."
"But it doesn't matter because we would have scored four in the first leg," Verratti debated.
"People talk and criticise them for being thrashed by PSG and we know they are a great team, but losing 5-1 to Barcelona? That's not good," concluded Meunier.
