The Paris Saint Germain, full of uncertainties, in front of the Borussia of the certainties in a Park of the Princes stadium without an audience for the coronavirus. In the French champion it is doubt his star, Mbappé, and there are many questions about the state of form of Neymar. Thomas Tuchel has many questions about the alignment and his continuity on the bench would be complicated in case of failure. The eleven of Dortmund is presented with the confidence that gives him his advantage in the first leg (2-1) and the insolence with which two young people of 19 years have come who are busting him: Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland, the Norwegian with Good boy face that doubled in the first leg.

Everything seemed aimed at a night of intense football. But things have twisted the PSG a lot. You must appeal to the epic that seems incompatible with the empty bleacher because of the virus.

It is the curse of eighths, ribbon in which they have been falling for three years against Barça, Madrid and Manchester United . The elimination against the meringues cost Unai Emery the job. Despite the ridiculous against United, who solved the pass with an eleven full of substitutes, Tuchel saved the neck. Qatari owners, who have shown their length in good signings, emit signs that their patience runs out. True, not everything is the fault of German. The epidemic left PSG without playing the weekend when it was already in Strasbourg to face the local club. This game should serve as a filming for Neymar who, for the first time since arriving in Barcelona in exchange for 222 million, will play the qualifying round that chokes the Parisian club.

Without carnival

This year the Brazilian did not go to the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro and for the first time since leaving Camp Nou he will not be able to attend his sister's birthday , which is this Wednesday. In January he seemed unstoppable, six goals in five games. An injury caused him to lose himself on medical advice the four games of February. That is why he was seen right in the first leg, where he scored the goal that encourages the hopes of the PSG.

Neymar criticized the club for reserving him too much before that game, raising blisters once more. Things returned to their course after crushing Lyon in the semifinals of the Cup (5-1). Tuchel praised him : "It is key for us to achieve extraordinary results." In that meeting, Mbappé and Sarabia, authors of two doublets, stood out. The Spanish is sweet and seems to be the owner, either by Di Maria, touched, or by Mbappé. Before catching an angina, the young French prodigy had proven to be in top form: six goals in the last six games. Signing a wonderful slalom, raffling Lyon players, which ended up in the networks.

Opposite, the dynamite duo of Borussia. Since the insolence of his 19 years. With the security of the goals. Hurricane Haaland has 10 in this Champions League. A gastroenteritis has made him lower the compass. After his double to PSG he has only scored one goal in 207 minutes. In his first 136 minutes in the bundesliga, he made seven. But Dortmund has other assets. The lane assigned by Real Madrid, Achraf, has 10 assists and seven goals, the last in the Borussias derby last weekend. And, of course, Jadon Sancho. The English of the City breaks statistics in the Bundesliga: 14 goals and 16 assists in 25 games. In front of the PSG he didn't score ... because Keylor stopped him two. And it is that between so much doubt (injured defenses, sanctioned Verrati), Tuchel has a certainty: Under sticks, Keylor Navas. And that is life insurance.

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