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After a rather good performance in the\u00a0match aller <\/em><\/strong>(first leg game) made against Barcelona<\/strong>, will the Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong> have what it takes to create la grande surprise<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0tonight, by beating the Catalans<\/a><\/strong> in the Quarter finals<\/strong> of the UEFA Champions League<\/strong>?<\/p>\n The task of les Parisiens <\/strong><\/em>already seems like coming out of a “Mission:Impossible<\/strong>” movie.<\/span><\/p>\n Not only because they will be taking on one of the best European teams, if not the<\/em> best, but also because\u00a0Messi<\/strong>‘s co\u00e9quipiers<\/strong><\/em> (team-mates) will have the major advantage of having the so-called “douzi\u00e8me homme<\/em><\/strong>“\u00a0<\/em>(twelfth man) on their side.<\/p>\n If you are not too familiar with the latter term, then you should know that it’s not meant to be understood literally.<\/p>\n In fact, the expression of the “12th Man<\/strong>” refers to\u00a0les<\/strong>\u00a0supporteu<\/span>rs <\/strong><\/em>(the supporters), since Barcelona will this time have the luxury of playing\u00a0\u00e0 la maison\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(at home)!<\/p>\n Mais tout n’est peut\u2013\u00eatre pas encore jou\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong>(but maybe not everything is already decided.)<\/p>\n Speaking of the devil:\u00a0Lionel Messi, <\/strong>the Argentinian superstar of football, may very well be missing tonight.<\/p>\n Indeed, the\u00a0four-time world player of the year\u00a0is said to be suffering from a serious blessure <\/em><\/strong>(injury.)<\/p>\n This means potential bad news for Barcelona: Messi could miss une mi-temps<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(a half-time), at best, or even\u00a0le match en entier <\/em><\/strong>(the whole game…)<\/p>\n Qui sait<\/strong><\/em> (who knows)?<\/p>\n Whether they have to deal with the Messi factor or not, Paris Saint-Germain will in any case be counting big-time on its own superstar, le su\u00e9dois <\/a><\/em><\/strong>(the Swedish<\/a><\/strong>) Zlatan\u00a0Ibrahimovi\u0107<\/strong>, who became Parisian as of\u00a0l’ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(last year.)<\/p>\n Adding Ibrahimovi\u0107 to the team proved to be a brilliant move by PSG sporting director Leonardo<\/strong> (a very talented player who “did his time” with\u00a0Brazil<\/a><\/strong>) and the shrewd Qatari president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi<\/strong> (who could certainly afford to foot the bill for such a purchase!)<\/p>\n Ibrahimovi\u0107\u00a0was just what the PSG squad seemed to be needing the most.<\/p>\n In the match aller<\/strong><\/em> (remember, it means the “first<\/strong> leg<\/strong>“, i.e. “round one<\/strong>“, which took place in Paris<\/strong>), Ibrahimovi\u0107\u00a0scored the first goal of the PSG (likely an offside position, but it was allowed), and was behind the action that awarded his team a second “miracle goal”, completely “legit” this time,\u00a0\u00e0 la toute derni<\/strong>\u00e8re minute<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>(at the very last minute) of the game!<\/p>\n