Paris Saint-Germain will not look to defend in their UEFA
Champions League quarter-final second leg at Chelsea, Laurent Blanc has
pledged.
The Ligue 1 champions and leaders head to Stamford Bridge
on Tuesday with a two-goal lead following last week's 3-1 win at the Parc des
Princes.
However, despite the fact PSG are well placed to reach
their first Champions League semi-final since 1995 and are without top scorer
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who injured his hamstring in the first leg, coach Blanc has
no intention of setting his team out merely to stop Chelsea.
"We've not come here to have Chelsea dictate the
game and dominate us, the best way to play and approach is to have the ball and
create chances," he said on Monday.
"We have a certain philosophy to our play, we
believe in certain things,
"I have always believed taking a game to the
opposition is the best way of winning trophies.
"Our philosophy is an attacking one, we like to keep
the ball and pose problems to our opposition."
Blanc went on to say PSG's Qatari owners are eager for
continental success, but denied he is under pressure to win the Champions
League this season.
"Yes we want to win the Champions League," he
added. "That's been stated publicly, but this is a competition that is
very tough to win, I think one day we'll be able to win it.
"There is real ambition to win the Champions League
as quickly as possible, but this can often take time.
"Chelsea is a good example who despite investing an
enormous amount of money took a long time to win the trophy."
Culled from Soccerway
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