Paris (AFP)

Neymar the icon without rhythm, Kylian Mbappé the convalescent blaster or Edinson Cavani the abandoned striker? Completing the Paris attack will be a problem for rich Tuesday against Real Madrid, with only one place to take alongside the duo Icardi-Di Maria, indispensable Friday against Lille (2-0).

This is the paradox of Paris SG this season: better armed offensively, with perhaps one of the best arsenals of the continent, the Parisian coach Thomas Tuchel will yet have to sacrifice some of his stars at the kickoff of the Champions League poster Tuesday night at Santiago-Bernabeu stadium.

The abundance of goods does not hurt, and Paris would be wrong to complain about having five or six world-class offensive players to challenge the great Real, in a shock where the PSG, already qualified for the 8th of the C1, can to secure first place in group A.

But for the first time this season, the German technician will have to make strong choices, since his infirmary has finally emptied and all this small world pawing impatience.

"I have ideas for my team in Madrid," he said Friday night at a press conference. "I'll wait to see if Marco Verratti will be available, we'll decide Monday night or Tuesday morning."

- A trio of attack in Madrid? -

And there will inevitably be disappointed if Tuchel renews his midfielder, so solid in C1 this season, leaving only three attacking positions to take. For the Argentinian center-forward Mauro Icardi and his compatriot Angel Di Maria, still scorers against Losc, seem unbelievable in their form of the moment.

Finally back from injury Friday night, Neymar postulates to occupy the left wing of Paris Bernabeu stadium. But the most expensive player in history (EUR 222 million in 2017) has accused Lille of his lack of pace after a month and a half of absence.

"He missed six weeks, it's a lot for a player like him who needs rhythm, sensations in the game," defended Tuchel.

Painful to make the difference by his dribbling, the Brazilian was replaced at the hour of play by Kylian Mbappé, wiping even the whistles of a part of the public, which reproaches him still his desires besides and his declarations of the has passed. Perhaps annoyed, "Ney" returned directly to the locker room without taking a seat on the Paris bench. "We have to talk about this internally," the German evacuated.

- "Neymar is hungry for football" -

But the Parisians assure him, Neymar will be at the meeting Tuesday in the capital of Madrid, where he had not managed to make the difference in the first knockout round of the C1 2018 against Real (defeat 3-1).

"Neymar is someone who is hungry for football," said defender Thomas Meunier. "He just wants to continue to be able to provoke, prove that he can do good to the team, he's out, Kylian is back, there's nothing dramatic, the score was in quotation marks acquired, he'll be ready for the Real. "

If Neymar is titular, what will happen to Mbappé? The French diamond, which played half an hour Friday, seems recovered from the virus that prevented him, feverish, to face Albania last Sunday with the French team (2-0).

Knowing the devouring ambition that drives the striker of the Blues, it would be perilous for Tuchel to keep it on the sidelines. Especially against the Real, this club that has made her eyes soft for years and has already tried several times to attract him.

And the puzzle is similar with the Uruguayan Cavani, top scorer in the history of Paris SG who lives a complicated start to the season, with game crumbs to play.

Remains a daring solution for Tuchel: to align a fourth offensive player, which would not be safe against a Real revenge (defeated 3-0 in the first leg). "Yes, we can", simply commented on the German, while ensuring he wants to preserve the "balance" of the team. To him also to ensure that of his cloakroom ...

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