Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP)

Without Marco Verratti, but with Neymar: Paris SG coach Thomas Tuchel has chosen to leave his Italian midfield on the bench, but with his Brazilian superstar back, his team remains well equipped for the shock of the L1 in Lyon, where Houssem Aouar will be in charge on Sunday (21h00).

Faced with a cascade of absences (Mauro Icardi, Pablo Sarabia, Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani, Julian Draxler, Thilo Kehrer, Colin Dagba), and in the middle of a busy sequence, the German technician sketched a turn-over opting for Ander Herrera in place of the "Little Owl", which remains on a big match against Real Madrid (3-0) Wednesday in the Champions League.

Another change from the eleven against the merengue club: Neymar, suspended for the C1, found the lawn, for his second encounter under the Parisian jersey this season. After the episode of his aborted transfer to Barça, the "Ney" began a reconciliation with the supporters by scoring a superb goal against Strasbourg (1-0) last Saturday.

In defense, Abdou Diallo replaces Presnel Kimpembé, in a tactical scheme, the 4-3-3, which had worked very well against Real.

Side Lyon, Sylvinho has chosen to retitularize the middle Houssem Aouar, who had seen the bench the failed start of OL in C1 against Zenit St Petersburg (1-1) on Tuesday.

Also replacing the Russians, the Danish rookie Joachim Andersen reappears in the eleven alongside Jason Denayer and Marcelo, in a system with three central defenders that speaks volumes about the Brazilian coach's desire to consolidate his team that has cashed at least one goal on each of his last four matches.

Attackers Moussa Dembélé and Memphis Depay, unsurprisingly, will also be present at the kickoff to try to extend the beautiful series Lyon against the Parisians: three victories over their last four confrontations in L1 at Décines.

PSG, leader thanks to a better difference in goals, will seek him to create a first gap at the top of the ranking.

Composition of the teams:

Lyon: A. Lopes - Dubois, Marcelo, J. Andersen, Denayer (Cape), Y. Koné - Queen Adelaide, Mendes, Aouar - Mr. Dembélé, Memphis

Paris SG: Navas - Meunier, Thiago Silva (Cape), A. Diallo, Bernat - Gueye, Marquinhos, Herrera - Di Maria, Choupo - Moting, Neymar

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