How many times have PSG reached the semifinals of the Champions League?

Barcelona and PSG are ready for a second battle in the Champions League quarterfinals. Their second-leg clash promises to be as interesting as the first one, as both teams will do whatever it takes to advance to the next round.

The Parisians were the slight favorites before the start of the tie, as they have looked good throughout the Ligue 1 season and have a solid group of players led by former Barça player and coach Luis Enrique.

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Most of the attention has been on Kylian Mbappe, as he’s one of the best players in the world and was expected to make a difference from the start. However, the French star didn’t live up to the expectations in the match at Parc des Princes and will probably want to amend his performance in Barcelona.

The Catalans, meanwhile, have a golden opportunity to get far in the tournament. The last time they played the UCL semifinals was in 2019, when took on Liverpool. They ended up being eliminated in one of the most unexpected outcomes in the competition’s history, as the Catalans beat the English side 3-0 at Camp Nou but The Reds came back with a 4-0 win at Anfield to take the tickets to the final.

How many times have PSG played the Champions League semifinals?

PSG also know that a victory over Barça could give them a great chance of doing something big in the Champions League. Both sides are in a part of the bracket where they would face the winner of the Borussia Dortmund-Atletico Madrid tie, so they avoid Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Real Madrid until a hypothetical final.

Will Mbappe win the Champions with Paris Saint-Germain before leaving the club to play for Real Madrid next season? That’s the question many French supporters may be asking themselves, as it would be the perfect way for the French international to say goodbye to PSG.

Although the Parisians have never won the UCL trophy, they were very close to lifting the title not long ago. In 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, PSG made it to the final after beating Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16, Atalanta in the quarterfinals and Leipzig in the semis. However, they lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the last round of the tournament.

That was the closest they got to winning the trophy, although the club reached the semifinals twice in their history. Before the 2019-20 season, PSG already featured in the next-to-last round of the tournament. It was back in the 1994-95 term when only the best eight teams made it to the knockout stages to play the quarterfinals. The French side defeated Barcelona by a close margin over the two legs (3-2) to face AC Milan in the semis, although the Italians were the better team and were the ones who advanced to the final.