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Manchester City vs Paris Saint Germain, for the Champions League: preview and line-ups, live

2021-05-05T04:59:16.583Z


The City caresses its first final after the 2-1 in the first leg. The French want to hit the ground running. What do the statistics say between them? Starting at 4pm on ESPN.


05/04/2021 11:27

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 05/04/2021 3:16 PM

Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain are at stake in

England

for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

In the first leg, played in

France

, it was a 2-1 victory for

the citizens

.

Marquinhos

had put in advantage for the premises,

Kevin De Bruyne

and

Riyad Mahrez

the authors of the goals to turn the result.

The match will be played at the Etihad Stadium, with Dutch referee Björn Kuipers.

The transmission will be in charge of ESPN from 4:00 p.m. (Argentine time).

Pep Guardiola's team already has

the League Cup

under their belt

and if they beat Chelsea on the next date of the Premier League they will add another trophy.

In this edition of the Champions they played 11 games: they won 10 and tied the rest, scored 23 goals and scored four.

Encouraging outlook for the Spanish coach who wants City to play their first final.

The

PSG

Mauricio Pochettino with Icardi from startup instead of dragging Mbappé injury and is in the bank, want to

give another surprise, after eliminating Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.

The Parisians have to win by scoring two goals and not conceding any to get to Istanbul

.

The bad news is that

Idrissa Gueye

was sent off in the first leg and Kylian Mbappé is doubtful due to a muscle problem.

In

Ligue 1 they

come from defeating

Lens

2-1

but continue to one point

behind Lille

, the leader with 76 points.

Confirmed formations

Manchester City

: Ederson - Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko - Silva, Fernandinho, Gündogan - Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden .. DT: Pep Guardiola

PSG

: Keylor Navas;

Alessandro Florenzi, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Abdou Diallo;

Leandro Paredes, Marco Verratti;

Julian Draxler, Neymar, Ángel Di María;

Mauro Icardi.

DT: Mauricio Pochettino

Referee:

Björn Kuipers (HOL).

Stadium

: Etihad Stadium

Time

: 16 (Argentine time)

Look also

A crazy week: key matches every day, finalists and some champions

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Source: clarin

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