PSG Explains Postponement Request Over Liverpool Champions League Tie

While the scheduling of the two quarterfinals between PSG and Liverpool on Wednesday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 14, is causing scheduling issues, the explanation for why the two matches are being played on these dates has finally been given by Luis Campos himself, and it is to be found on the English side. A few hours after the last round of 16 matches, UEFA had unveiled the schedule for the competition's quarterfinals and what the Parisian club feared was quickly confirmed: the first leg PSG vs. Liverpool will take place on Wednesday, April 8, in Paris and the quarterfinal second leg Liverpool vs.

PSG as early as Tuesday, April 14, meaning just six days later, given that the French championship clash Lens vs. PSG was scheduled between them, on Saturday, April 11. Three matches in six days, three huge fixtures, and a major scheduling problem for PSG, which has been requesting since the announcement of this schedule to postpone the match at Lens, much to the dismay of Lens, which is all too happy to play against a Parisian side that will inevitably be prioritizing the European Cup.

🔴 Invité spécial de Rothen s'enflamme, Luis Campos explique la position du PSG sur la demande du report du match à Lens : "Si on avait le match aller mardi et le match retour mercredi, on n'aurait pas demandé le report de Lens. Nous sommes calmes et dans notre droit. " pic.

twitter. com/CUhzZrenzl — Rothen s'enflamme (@Rothensenflamme) March 25, 2026 But as Luis Campos explained during his appearance on RMC, this postponement request might not have existed if the other possibility in the quarterfinal schedule had been retained: "If the matches had been Tuesday (for the first leg) and Wednesday (for the second leg), we would not have asked to change the match (at Lens). But UEFA informed us immediately that it was impossible to play on Wednesday (for the return leg) because of what it represents for Liverpool, and we respected that.