PSG. The Portuguese ‘fantastic quartet’ that makes Paris dream of the Champions League

The fantastic quartet saga is preparing to return to the movie theaters around the world in July 2025, 10 years after the latest superhero movie. Already in real life, there is a quartet of Portuguese origin that is shining in Paris.

Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, João Neves and Gonçalo Ramos are part of the French team of Paris Saint-Germain, each with due importance within the group oriented by Spanish coach Luis Enrique since last season.

The Paris Saint-Germain became a four-time French champion, when six hours left for the end, without any contestation of their internal rivals, and has only the focus and only in the Champions League, which he never won.

After an troubled league phase, which ended in 15th place, which forced the play-off dispute for the round of 16, the Parisians eliminated the Brest compatriots with a sensational 10-0 aggregate in both meetings.

Arrived on the ‘eighth’, they stared at the English of Liverpool and the scenario would not be ideal, as the opponent finished the league phase in the lead, but after a 1-0 Desaire in the first leg, they won by the same result in the second and, already in the penalties, superiorized one of the great favorites to triumph.

Now in the quarterfinals also the English Aston Villa, one of the surprises of this edition of the Champions League, who defeated 3-1 last week for the first leg, and want to sentence it today in Birmingham.

Nuno Mendes, 22, arrived very young in Paris, where he has already held his fourth season and has established himself as one of the best left sides of today.

Vitinha, in her third season, and João Neves, in debut year, complete the Parisian midfield duo, which has even extended to the Portuguese team, with dynamics at the club used by coach Roberto Martínez in Portugal.

On the other hand, Gonçalo Ramos is usual alternate in the Gaulesa class, in the ‘shadow’ of the spectacular time that Ousmane Dembélé is scoring, but whenever she enters she contributes several goals, already adding as many (14) as in her initial season.

The second confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa begins at 8 pm today, Tuesday, with the winner of the knockout in the semi-finals, Arsenal or Real Madrid, with the English clearly ahead, after a surprising 3-0 at Emirats stadium in London.

Declan Rice was the big figure of this match, with two fantastic goals of direct free, who left a Herculean task, although not impossible, to Real Madrid, a prominent record holder of Champions League achievements – has 15 in the curriculum. An even more difficult turnaround was starred by another Spanish team, Barcelona, ​​in March 2017. After having lost 4-0 in Paris, the Catalans applied a heavy 6-1 to PSG and went to the next phase.

The second-hand game, scheduled for the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid, takes place on Wednesday at 20h00, while a Portuguese pair based in Munich will have a more demanding task than the Paris Quartet.

Extra Motivation Raphaël Guerreiro and João Palhinha, from Bayern Munich Germans, want to help reverse the homemade defeat against Inter Milan Italians, 2-1, from the first leg of the ‘rooms’ if they are options for coach Vincent Kompany.

With the final to be played at Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich’s house, the German gang has this motivation to be able to attend the title assignment game in its stadium, but a very competent and used to these wanderings ahead. It is recalled that in 2023 the Milanese team attended the final of the competition.

It is the most open round of the four that make up this phase, as Barcelona already has a practically secured passport, after the defeat that imposed Borussia Dortmund in the first clash, 4-0.

In a duel between Benfica and Sporting’s ‘executioners’, eliminated by Spaniards in the eighths and the Germans on the Play-off, respectively, Hansi Flick’s team continues their victorious campaign in the millionaire race in very attractive games.

Proof of this are the 36 goals pointed out in 11 games, to which the attacker trio greatly contributes, especially the Brazilian Raphinha (former Sporting and Vitória de Guimarães) and Polish Robert Lewandowski, the two top scorers of this competition.

Raphinha, who also leads the assist table, with seven, has 12 goals and can be a candidate for the Golden Ball, followed by Lewandowski with 11, and Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) and Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) with 10.

Barcelona’s favoritism, especially with the margin of four goals, can not even be questioned, seeking to stamp the determination for the semi-finals of the main European club competition today, at 20h00, at Signal Iduna Park.

In the championships of each country, among the Champions League resistant, in addition to the title already attributed to Paris Saint-Germain in France, Bayern Munich, Germany, Inter Milan, Italy, and Barcelona, ​​in Spain.

Real Madrid pursues the Catalans in La Liga, second, as well as Arsenal in England, although the distant 13 points of leader Liverpool, while Aston Villa is the Seventh and Borussia Dortmund is a deceptive eighth in the Bundesliga.