Paris (AFP)
Paris Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos is back and holder in central defense for the semi-final first leg against Manchester City, which aligns Bernardo Silva in "false N.9".
For the corridors of the defense, Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of PSG, chose Alessandro Florenzi, on the right, and Mitchel Bakker, on the left, rather than Colin Dagba and Abdou Diallo.
In attack, Paris aligns as expected its magical trio Angel Di maria-Kylian Mbappé-Neymar, with Marco Verratti in the middle ahead in front of the pair of recuperators Leandro Paredes-Idrissa Gana Gueye.
Unsurprisingly team also on the Manchester City side, where Pep Guardiola placed the Portuguese Bernardo Silva in the lead rather than Gabriel Jesus.
Phil Foden and Ryad Mahrez are responsible for leading the sides, and Kevin De Bruyne for lighting the offensive game.
In defense, the Englishman John Stones was preferred to the Frenchman Aymeric Laporte to form the hinge with Ruben Dias.
The teams
Paris SG: Navas - Florenzi, Marquinhos (cap.), Kimpembe, Bakker - Paredes, Verratti, Gueye - Di Maria, Mbappé, Neymar
Coach: Mauricio Pochettino (ARG)
Manchester City: Ederson - Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo - Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne - Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Foden
Coach: Pep Guardiola (ESP)
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
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