Untimely Lille clash hinders PSG's Euro hopes

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Paris Saint-Germain head into Saturday's game at home to Lille with the spectre of next week's Champions League last-16 clash with Chelsea looming large over the runaway Ligue 1 leaders. PSG were frustrated in their attempts to rework a congested fixture list as league officials rejected the club's request to reschedule this weekend's encounter, leaving Laurent Blanc's men just two full days to prepare for Tuesday's first leg. "The calendar can't get any tighter than that. If you talk to me about the fixture list, I get heated, so it's better to avoid it," Blanc said. "As of Sunday, we'll start preparing for the game against Chelsea. The game against Lille, with all respect to Lille, is badly timed."