Dortmund (Germany) (AFP)
Neymar, who has missed the last four games of PSG due to a rib injury, makes his comeback against Dortmund in the knockout stages of the Champions League first leg, Tuesday (21:00), according to the team composition announced by the UEFA.
Main surprise of the eleven aligned by the Parisian trainer Thomas Tuchel: a system with three attackers, which pushes Mauro Icardi, one of the "Fantastic Four", on the bench of the substitutes.
For Neymar, who could not play in the last 16 of C1 last year with Paris due to a serious foot injury, the match at Dortmund marks his comeback at this stage of the European queen competition.
"It changes everything for the teammates, for Kylian (Mbappé) ... It gives me a lot of confidence, as well as for the whole team. If he is missing, we don't have another player of such quality "said his coach Thomas Tuchel on Monday.
The Brazilian N.10 will lead a trident of attackers made up of Mbappé and Angel Di Maria. In defense, Layvin Kurzawa, preferred to Juan Bernat, accompanies Thomas Meunier, Thiago Silva and Presnel Kimpembe, just back from injury.
Marquinhos, in a hybrid position between defender and midfielder, will support Marco Verratti and Idrissa Gueye.
Opposite, Dortmund aligned the same team that devoured Frankfurt (4-0) in their last rehearsal on Friday on their field. With an offensive trident led by prodigies Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho, only 19 years old.
PSG, which has made the Champions League its supreme goal since its acquisition by the Qatari QSI fund in 2011, remains on three consecutive eliminations at the stage of the knockout stages.
The teams:
Borussia Dortmund: Bürki - Piszczek, Hummels, Zagadou - Hakimi, Can, Witsel, Guerreiro - Sancho, Haaland, Thorgan Hazard
Coach: Lucien Favre (SUI)
Paris SG: Navas - Meunier, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Kurzawa - Gueye, Verratti, Marquinhos - Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappé
Coach: Thomas Tuchel (GER)
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