It was another UEFA Champions League victory over Chelsea but this time it felt more significant than the one 12 months ago, an irresistible sign that this Paris Saint-Germain side could indeed answer the post-match call from Zlatan Ibrahimović and take the next step to greatness.
Ibrahimović’s challenge to his team-mates after his show-stopping performance on another thrilling west London occasion was to use their 4-2 aggregate win to take them to the next level. “Today we did well, but let’s see what happens in the quarter-finals,” he said after the Ligue 1 club’s 2-1 second-leg triumph. “If we do well there, then it looks good.”
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