Paris (AFP)

PSG will play with its favorite attack trident composed of stars Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Mauro Icardi, but with an experimental defense against Galatasaray, Wednesday night (21:00) on the final day of the Champions League group stage, according to the team composition announced by UEFA.

From classic to front, new to defense: Paris coach Thomas Tuchel has bet on his substitute goalkeeper Sergio Rico, the young Tanguy Kouassi, and Layvin Kurzawa to compose his rearguard alongside Marquinhos.

In the middle, Tuchel also turned with Leandro Paredes' tenure, Pablo Sarabia, with Juan Bernat, the usual left-back. And this despite the return of injury from Marco Verratti.

Deprived of Angel Di Maria, Thomas Meunier, Presnel Kimpembe, Idrissa Gueye, the usual holders, the German technician has kept his confidence to the stars Neymar, Mbappé and Icardi to occupy the attack of his team.

PSG, already qualified for the round of 16 C1 and assured to finish in first place in his group, has only one goal: to remain undefeated in Europe by signing an almost perfect record of 5 wins in 6 days.

A few hours before the kick-off, incidents broke out between supporters and police around the Parc des Princes.

At around 6 pm, supporters of the Turkish club, who had been gathering for nearly an hour on the Place de la Porte d'Auteuil where they lit fires of Bengal, were evacuated by the police in a large confusion, according to an AFP journalist.

The police used tear gas, causing Turkish supporters to retreat to the adjacent avenues.

The calm had returned around 19:00 on the roundabout of the door of Saint-Cloud where gendarmes were deployed in mass and where no group of supporters was visible, found this journalist.

Previous meetings between the two clubs had led to violent clashes, including March 13, 2001 when clashes erupted in the stands of the Park.

The teams :

Paris SG (FRA): Rico - Kouassi, Marquinhos (cap.), Diallo, Kurzawa - Sarabia, Paredes, Bernat - Mbappe, Icardi, Neymar

Galatasaray (TUR): Muslera (cap.) - Mariano, Marcao, Donk, Nagatomo - Belhanda, Seri, Nzonzi, Lemina, Bayram - Mor

Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)

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