The two Parisian strikers, Neymar Jr. and Kylian Mbappé, are expected at the turn in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between the capital club and Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

After repeated absences for one, and too irregular services for the other, they will have to prove. 

Crucial deadline for PSG, Wednesday night, against Bayern Munich, in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League.

After coming out victorious in their eighth against Barça, another challenge awaits the Parisians, and particularly two executives of the team, whose performances in recent weeks are puzzling: Neymar and Mbappé.

Two players who indeed have everything to prove against the Germans, and will have to restore their image after mixed performances on the sporting level during international or Ligue 1 meetings. But also on the human level. 

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A Neymar who has not chained three meetings in a row ...

Chance of the calendar, Parisians and Munichers played this weekend a decisive match for the title against their closest competitor.

On the one hand, Neymar's teammates, disappointing, fell against Lille (1-0), who took the lead in Ligue 1, with three points ahead of them.

On the other hand, Bayern, deprived of Robert Lewandowski, went to dismiss his runner-up Leipzig, now relegated to seven units.

An inverse dynamic, therefore.

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PSG will therefore need a completely different "Ney" in Munich than that of the Parc des Princes, which appeared slow and lacking inspiration for its first tenure in almost two months.

If he has not rediscovered the flashes of his exceptional period, last November and December - where he brought PSG to C1 by scoring six goals in five matches - it is because his season is (once again) choppy through injuries.

Hit in the left adductor in the Coupe de France in Caen on February 10, he took almost six weeks to come back.

And in total, this season, Neymar has only played 13 matches in L1 and has not chained more than three games in a row. 

... and very little present during major meetings

On the European scene, since 2017, the former Barça player has missed five knockout matches out of the 11 played by the Parisians, almost one in two.

A ratio certainly saved by his Final 8 last season. 

But its leaders expect better from a player paid three million euros per month.

A player who, this weekend, split two moods that could cost him given his disciplinary liabilities.

The Brazilian indeed received a first yellow card against Lille for a hand in the face of Benjamin André after a manly face to face between the two players.

Then he was excluded for pushing Tiago Djalo at the very end of the match.

An argument that even continued in the hallway leading to the locker room, and was captured by the cameras of Canal Plus.

A positive reaction is expected against the Bavarians.

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A too irregular Mbappé

As for Kylian Mbappé, the other star of Paris Saint-Germain, his performance against Lille did not mark the spirits either and was described by some as "ghostly".

After his hat-trick against FC Barcelona, ​​and his 12 goals scored in the last eight meetings, the Parisian striker is experiencing a decline.

In recent weeks, the striker has been criticized, especially under the colors of the France team, where his performances were very insufficient during the last international streak.

As evidenced by the words of the coach of the Blues, Didier Deschamps, on March 25, after a performance during which the striker had created few opportunities and was annoyed by his nonchalance in the defensive replacement: "I talk quietly with him. He knows he didn't have a good game. "

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