Show must go on! So the authorities made the decision to play the match of March 11 against Dortmund behind closed doors, the players and the technical staff of PSG, them, continued to prepare the 8th final return of the Champions League as if nothing was.
After the postponement of the match of the 28th day of Ligue 1 in Strasbourg initially scheduled for March 7, the training was even rather intense, lasting almost 90 min, this Monday morning at the Camp des Loges. During the last 20 minutes, Thomas Tuchel carried out a technical installation which lifts the veil on the profile of those which should be titular Wednesday evening against the Germans.
Shortened session for Cavani
Slightly ill and diminished by sore throat, Kylian Mbappé did not take part in the session. Quite the opposite of Thiago Silva who, fifteen days after his femoral biceps injury, took his place at the heart of the defense alongside Presnel Kimpembé. As expected due to the suspension of Thomas Meunier, the position of right back was transferred to Thilo Kerher, the left side returning to Layvin Kurzawa.
The presence of Capt'ain Silva within the hinge therefore allowed Tuchel to be able to align Marquinhos in the midfield in duet with Idrissa Gueye. Unsurprisingly, it returned to Angel Di Maria and Neymar to animate the flanks, and to fuel, in the absence of Mbappé, an attack composed of Pablo Sarabia and Edinson Cavani.
While the Urugayan had to prematurely interrupt the session and quickly leave the camp of the Lodges (for personal reasons it seems), Thomas Tuchel made some adjustments to him at his 11 by replacing Kurzawa by Bernat, Gueye by Paredes and Cavani by Icardi. At 48 hours of the shock scheduled for March 11, at the Parc des Princes.
The likely team: Navas - Kehrer - Silva, Kimpembé, Kurzawa - Di Maria, Marquinhos, Gueye, Neymar - Cavani, Mbappé.
