Blanc: PSG absences no excuse for failure

French champions PSG were overran by an excellent Barca in last week's quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes and face an uphill task to turn the match on its head at Camp Nou.

PSG were shorn of ex-Barca star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marco Verratti in the first leg due to suspension, while captain Thiago Silva went off injured early on and Thiago Motta missed out with a thigh complaint.

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