"We're looking to turn it around"- Achraf Hakimi on UCL quarter-final 2nd leg vs Barcelona

PSG defender Achraf Hakimi thinks that his side has what it takes to turn things around in the 2nd leg of the UCL quarter-final against Barcelona on Tuesday night. Barcelona is one goal up with the 1st leg concluding 3-2, courtesy of 2 goals from Raphinha and the winning goal coming from Andreas Christensen.  While PSG were the favorites to win the 1st leg, given the home advantage, Xavi's Barcelona had a trick up their sleeve as they clinched a 3-2 victory over the French giants. Scoring three goals in an away game against PSG is not what football fans expected from the Catalans, but that is exactly what went down. PSG's star striker Kylian Mbappe was kept silent throughout the match by Ronald Araujo and the Frenchman could not find the back of the net.  

On the other hand, former Barcelona striker Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring for PSG in the second half and even celebrated his first goal in the Champions League for PSG. Achraf Hakimi spoke to the press ahead of their much-anticipated Champions League quarter-final second leg against Barcelona. Here's what he had to say: 

"We're coming here with a lot of drive. We're looking to turn it around and bring victory back to Paris. We're highly motivated and we're looking forward to tomorrow's game. We want to bring home the win for the fans."

Hakimi also went on to talk about the strengths of Barcelona, and how Luis Enrique would have a plan to break their defenses, given his experience as manager of the club from 2014 to 2017. 

"Our coach knows Barça very well, we've been told a lot about the players, and I think everyone knows their qualities. Now we need to know their weaknesses. I think we have a similar style of play to them. But the danger doesn't just come from Raphinha, they have some very good players and we all have to control them well. We have to win the challenges so that they don't have any freedom on the ball."

FC Barcelona and PSG will lock horns tonight at 12:30 am IST at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys Stadium in Barcelona.