Cavani who waves the PSG flag.

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For his last press conference before the Champions League match against Manchester United on Tuesday, Thomas Tuchel was necessarily entitled to his share of questions about the return of Edinson Cavani to the Parc des Princes in the skin of an opponent of PSG .

“He remains the club's top scorer, he's a great personality, a great player who has written the history of our club.

But at the same time it's going to be weird to see him play at the Parc against us, he admitted.

But it won't be him against us or us against him, no, even if we are going to have to watch out for him because it's very complicated to defend on Edi.

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A vain precaution since we learned in the wake of this press conference that the Matador would not make the trip with the team on Tuesday.

The Uruguayan, probably too tight physically, has only completed one training session with his new teammates since arriving in Manchester.

He had indeed had to be placed in solitary confinement for several days, as is the case for each person arriving from France on British soil because of the Covid-19.

Harry Maguire and Mason Greenwood also included in the list of absentees according to the

Manchester Evening News

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Paris is wary of Mancunian counter-attacks

Another obligatory subject, the elimination of sad memory against these same Red Devils, a little over a year ago at the Park in the round of 16 return of C1.

Unsurprisingly, the Parisian coach actually didn't have much to say about it.

"It's obviously not a good memory," he admitted before explaining that the challenge for his players would be to completely ignore all of this and focus only on Tuesday's game.

A match that he seems to want to approach with a very clear game plan.

“As always we want to put pressure on the defense, we want to have possession of the ball and impose our style on the opponent, insists the Parisian technician.

But it will also be very important to defend well and stop counterattacks from the start of the actions.

With the players they have in the middle, Pogba and Fernandes, who do a lot of through passes, and three very fast forwards, the most important thing will be to achieve a good counter-pressing as soon as the ball is lost ”.

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