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Paris Saint-Germain: Navas, Meunier, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat, Marquinhos, Gueye, Verratti, Sarabia, Icardi, Di Maria.
Subs: Nianzou Kouassi, Paredes, Sergio Rico, Choupo-Moting, Kurzawa, Ander Herrera, Diallo.
Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal, Eder Militao, Varane, Mendy, Kroos, Casemiro, Rodriguez, Bale, Benzema, Hazard.
Subs: Areola, Lucas, Jovic, Odriozola, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, De la Fuente.
Two European heavyweights meet tonight in Paris … sort of. Think of this as PSG Lite versus Diet Real Madrid. There are a few folk missing, you see.
The hosts will be desperate to make an early statement tonight. They need to atone for their abysmal capitulation last season in the last 16 against Manchester United. But they’ll have to do it without their entire first-choice forward line of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani. Mbappe and Cavani are injured, while Neymar is suspended after criticising the ref on social media in the wake of that United fiasco.
Written by Scott Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/sep/18/paris-saint-germain-v-real-madrid-champions-league-live-psg under the title “Paris Saint-Germain v Real Madrid: Champions League – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
