CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Blanc promise to attack

Paris St Germain coach Laurent Blanc wants
his side to adopt an attacking approach
against Chelsea in their Champions League
quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge on
Tuesday despite boasting a two-goal
advantage.
PSG, who have won 11 games in a row in all
competitions, hold a 3-1 lead after the first leg
at the Parc des Princes last week.
Having lost only one of their last 17
Champions League matches, Blanc is
confident his team have what it takes to reach
the semi-finals for the first time since 1995,
but is expecting a backlash from Jose
Mourinho's side.
"We believe in certain things and I have
always believed that taking the game to the
opposition is the best way of winning
trophies," said Blanc.
"We have not come here to suffer and let
Chelsea dictate the game to us and dominate
us. A role of a top team is to dominate the
game even away from home.
"Our philosophy is an attacking one, we like
to keep the ball and pose problems to our
opposition. It would be wonderful to try to
qualify by putting this philosophy into action."
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has
scored 10 Champions League goals this
season, will miss the game with a thigh injury
he sustained in the first leg.
But South American duo Ezequiel Lavezzi and
Edinson Cavani, part of the Napoli team that
were knocked out of the competition by
eventual winners Chelsea in 2012, will look to
continue PSG's run of scoring in 17
successive Champions League matches.
"I think the first leg we saw Chelsea defend
very compactly," said Blanc, whose side have
a 13-point lead at the top of France's Ligue 1.
"That is very good for Ezequiel Lavezzi
because he likes to have space down the
flanks and he has got a lot of speed.
"We caused problems for Chelsea in the first
leg and it is now a case to see if they play a
slightly higher line. If they do it will leave
space in behind for players like Lavezzi to
exploit."
French midfielder Blaise Matuidi added:
"Chelsea are a great team. In the first leg we
saw their quality and they don't often lose
here.
"We are going to focus on our philosophy and
we have got the quality to get the ball and
play.
"I think it would be incredible (to reach the
semi-finals). The French public are hoping for
that."