Depleted Paris Saint-Germain confident ahead of Barcelona clash
French champions in good shape for first-leg tie, despite absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as quest continues for quadruple
Diminished by injuries and suspensions, Paris Saint-Germain renew hostilities with Barcelona on Wednesday night as the sides clash at the Parc des Princes in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
PSG have been eliminated in the last-eight on away goals in each of the last two seasons, including a loss to Barca in 2013.
As they look to finally make it back to the semi-finals of Europe's elite club competition for the first time in 20 years, the side from the French capital could hardly be in better form.
A point clear at the top of Ligue 1, they are on course to win an unprecedented clean sweep of the domestic honours after mercilessly crushing Bastia 4-0 in the final of the League Cup at the weekend.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in that game, having netted a hat-trick in last midweek's 4-1 French Cup semi-final defeat of Saint-Etienne to reach a century of goals for the club.
We have already shown that we can compete against them and even beat them. We will need to be at 150 per cent, even with all the absences. We will give everything
The Swede has scored 13 times in his last seven matches for club and country, but he will miss the meeting with one of his former clubs due to suspension after being sent off in the second leg of the last-16 win over Chelsea last month.
