Lorient-PSG: Paredes and Marquinhos back to training

Absent from the trip to Monaco (4-1 victory), last Wednesday, for physical problems, Marquinhos (adductors) and Leandro Paredes (right ankle) participated in part of the training this Friday morning at the Camp des Loges.

The Brazilian defender and the Argentinian midfielder did not take part in the five against five opposition which closed the session but the two South Americans are on track to apply for a place in the group which will fly away Saturday for Lorient. PSG must face Les Merlus (Editor's note: leader of Ligue 2 ahead of Lens with one game less) , this Sunday evening at 9 p.m. in the knockout stages of the Coupe de France.

On the other hand, still no recovery for Bernat (right calf lesion), Meunier (low back pain) and Cavani (groin) who, apart from an express recovery, should skip the trip to Brittany as they had already declined the trip to Louis-II.

Neymar and Mbappé at rest?

After a day of rest on Thursday, the winners in Monaco stayed indoors this Friday to speed up recovery. However, not everyone should travel to Brittany and Thomas Tuchel will take the opportunity to rotate. In particular within its offensive quartet which has just chained three meetings in a row.

Among the four attackers, Mbappé and Neymar are the two to have played all three games - Icardi and Di Maria were often out ten or twenty minutes before the end of the match - which should prompt Tuchel to blow at least one of both, or even both.

Idrissa Gueye, also concerned by the last three meetings (even if he was replaced twenty minutes before the end in Monaco) could also be spared, ditto for Navas who will give way to Rico as is the practice for the cups national.

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The likely composition of PSG : Rico - Dagba, Kehrer, Marquinhos, Diallo - Sarabia, Herrera, Verratti, Choupo-Moting - Draxler, Icardi.