The wounded PSG with a new attempt to steal the royal crown
Tonight, Paris Saint-Germain welcomes Real Madrid in a match of the 1/8-final in the Champions League. The big contender will have the ultimate opportunity to prove in practice that he can defend his serious ambitions in the tournament. However, the French are quite shaken after the 1:3 defeat of Santiago Bernabeu. They did not expect to fall with such a result, especially after taking the lead in the match. This makes their task today quite difficult, but not impossible. But the hosts of Parc des Princes have to solve another big problem. It is related to the absence of the star of the Neymar team, who was supposed to be the leader to lead Parisians to turn against Real. However, the Brazilian suffered a foot injury and had to be operated. So he drops off the team`s bets until the end of the season. It is very likely that Neymar`s position in the top positions will be occupied by Angel of Mary. The Argentine has something to prove to his former club Real Madrid. He spent four years at Santiago Bernabeu and won a lot of trophies with the team of `White Ballet`, including the Champions League in 2013-14. There was a problem in recent days with the other big PSG star, Kylian Mbappe. He was injured during the French Cup match last week. Coach Unai Emery, however, is confident the youngster will be ready to face Real tonight. Another good news for the mentor is that the experienced Tiago Motta and Lasana Diara are already healthy and at his disposal. Real Madrid does not hide that the main priority for the club is already winning the third consecutive and total 13th Cup in the Champions League. The Royal Club has already canceled the title in Primer and will concentrate all its efforts here. The two-goal lead after the first PSG match is quite comfortable for the Spanish club, but he can not feel absolutely sure about going ahead and there will be more work to do tonight.
Coach Zinedine Zidane received good news before the Park de Pres clash. The halves Luka Modric and Toni Kroos resumed workouts after recovering from the injuries they were struggling with. However, they are unlikely to be in optimal form and their participation in the match remains questionable.
In PSGs they have an occasion for optimism. History shows that the French team has managed to remove Real Madrid in the two previous occasions in which these teams meet on eliminations (the 1/4-final for the UEFA Cup and for the NCA). Another interesting statistic is that in 33% of cases, teams that lose 1:3 in the first match then go ahead in the tournament. But worrying about the hosts today is the fact that PSG still has no victory over Real in the Champions League.
Champions League, 1/8-final, rematch:
PARI SEN JARMEN - REAL MADRID (in the first match according
contact live football 1:3)
Possible Concerts:
PSG:Areola, Alves, Silva, Marquinho, Kurzava, Rabio, Motta, Verratti, Di Maria, Babe, Cavani
REAL:Navas, Karvahal, Varan, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Kazemiro, Isko, Bale, Ronaldo, :`Park de Paris`, Paris
Judge:Felix Brich, Germany
Start:21:45
MATCH STATISTICS
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