What the Schedule now Looks Like for PSG

Paris Saint-Germain’s emphatic 3-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, sealing an 8-2 aggregate triumph, has catapulted Luis Enrique’s side into a Champions League quarter-final rematch with Liverpool—and triggered a congested run of fixtures that will test the depth of the squad between now and May.

The first leg against Liverpool will be staged at Parc des Princes on Wednesday, 8 April; the return leg at Anfield follows six days later on Tuesday, 14 April. Before that double-header, PSG must negotiate two Ligue 1 assignments: a trip to Nice this Saturday evening at 21:00 CET and, after the international window, a home encounter with Toulouse on Friday, 3 April at 20:45.

The international break complicates preparation. Ecuador’s Willian Pacho, South Korea’s Kang-in Lee and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi are all involved in friendlies on Tuesday, 31 March, while Portugal trio Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and João Neves face the United States in the early hours of 1 April—kick-off 01:00 CET in Europe—before racing back across the Atlantic. Marquinhos and Brazil meet Croatia in the States one hour later, further squeezing recovery time.

Domestic business resumes with the Toulouse fixture, after which PSG host Liverpool. The weekend of 11 April brings a potentially pivotal Ligue 1 clash with Lens at 17:00 CET; dropped points by Pierre Sage’s side last weekend have eased the title pressure marginally, yet rotation will be critical. Whether the league fixture can be postponed remains to be seen.

The second leg at Anfield precedes a home date with Lyon on the weekend of 17-19 April (time TBC) and a rearranged fixture against Nantes on Tuesday, 22 April at 20:45. A trip to Angers follows on the weekend of 24-26 April.

Progress past Liverpool would set up a semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid at Parc des Princes on 28 or 29 April, with the return leg on 5 or 6 May. Sandwiched between those European ties would be a league meeting with Brest, date to be confirmed.

The domestic campaign concludes on Saturday, 16 May with the short journey to neighbours Paris FC at 21:00 CET, bringing the curtain down on a schedule that could yet stretch to 11 matches in little more than six weeks.