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PSG 'were in the group of death'

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Vincent
Published date18 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
PSG will meet Borussia Dortmund once again - just a few months after the two teams did battle in Group F with Newcastle and AC Milan. It says a lot about the standard of the group that both PSG and Dortmund have both gone on to progress to the last four after knocking out Real Sociedad and Barcelona and PSV and Atletico Madrid respectively

Enrique drew attention to the group following PSG's 4-1 quarter-final second-leg win at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night after the Spaniard previously saw his side suffer a defeat by the same margin against Newcastle at St James' Park back in October.

"We were in the group of death," the PSG boss told reporters. "Dortmund, Newcastle and Milan - it was the most difficult group of all."

Newcastle also came just minutes from defeating PSG in Paris - only for the hosts to be awarded a controversial penalty at the death. Following a VAR check, Tino Livramento was bizarrely penalised for handball - even though the defender's arm was in a natural position after the ball ricocheted off his chest onto his elbow - and Kylian Mbappe duly stepped up from the spot to cancel out Alexander Isak's firsthalf opener to make it 1-1.

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