This Tuesday (9 p.m. on Canal Plus Foot and RMC Sport 1), PSG welcomes Benfica Lisbon – at the Parc des Princes – on the occasion of the 4th day of the Champions League group stage. The opportunity for the two formations to take an additional step towards qualification in the round of 16 of the competition. Deprived of Lionel Messi, Christophe Galtier has decided to keep his usual system.
While the soap opera Kylian Mbappe is again in the center of the news since this afternoon, the PSG must concentrate on their group match against the SL Benfica. And the objective is clear for the Rouge & Bleu: to win in order to take a big step towards qualifying for the round of 16 of I’UEFA Champions League. Tied with the Parisian club at the top of the group (7 pts), the Lisbon people will have the same objective, especially since the victorious team can already qualify for the rest of the competition in the event of defeat of the Juventus Torino on the lawn of Maccabi Haifa. Deprived of Presnel Kimpembe, Nuno Mendes, Renato Sanches and especially Lionel Messi, Christophe Galtier still kept his 3-4-3 pattern.
Pablo Sarabia in attack
Without surprise, Gianluigi Donnarumma begins in the cages. He will be protected by the usual defense of the last few weeks: Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos and Danilo Pereira. Piston roles will be occupied by Ashraf Hakimi and John Bernat. Became important in the game system, Vitinha is aligned alongside Marco Verratti in the midfield. Without surprise, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Jr are aligned in attack and will be accompanied by the Spaniard Pablo Sarabiawhich will aim to compensate for the lack of Lionel Messi.
In front, Roger Schmidt also did not reserve any surprises with almost the same team as in the draw (1-1) at Lisbon last week. In the absence of David Neres, Aursnes holds. In the fight with the Norwegian to occupy this vacant place in the eleven, Julian Draxlerloaned by the PSGfinally starts on the bench.
Match sheet PSG / Benfica
Fourth day of Champions League – Stadium : Princes Park – Diffusers : Canal Plus Football and RMC Sports 1 – Arbitrator :Michael Oliver – VAR : Stuart Attwell and Tomasz Kwiatkowski
- PSG XI : Donnarumma – Ramos, Marquinhos (c), Danilo – Hakimi, Vitinha, Verratti, Bernat – Sarabia, Mbappé, Neymar
- Replacements: Navas, Rico, Bitshiabu, Mukiele, Fabian Ruiz, Zaire-Emery, Gharbi, Soler, Ekitike
- Benfica XI : Vlachodimos – Bah, A.Silva, Otamendi (c), Grimaldo – Florentino Luis, E.Fernandez – Aursnes, Rafa Silva, Joao Mario – Gonçalo Ramos
- Subs: Leite, Soares, Gilberto, Joao Victor, Ristic, Chiquinho, Gonçalves, Draxler, Gil Dias, Musa, Pinho, Henrique Araujo