A few days ago, when talking about PSG’s trip to Madrid on Wednesday, Mauricio Pochettino talked about the « stage fright » from Bernabéu. This concept – literally “the fear of the stage” – was popularized by the former Madrid figure Jorge Valdano to designate the impression produced on the visitor at a time when the Merengues returned home from badly embarked European situations (0-3, 6-1 against Anderlecht in 1984; 1- 5, 4-0 against Mönchengladbach in 1985; 1-3, 5-1 against Inter Milan in 1986…).
