Alfred Hitchcock and Thomas Tuchel do not play on the same field, but they probably have the same passion for suspense. This Monday in Dortmund, the coach of PSG has, once again, revealed no clue as to the starting eleven that he will align this Tuesday evening against Dortmund on the occasion of the 1 / 8th finals first leg of the Champions League .
At the press conference scheduled just before the final training session, the German technician assured that Neymar would be the holder, "if nothing happened to him in training. Presnel Kimpembe, who followed suit in front of the microphones, said he was "fit and motivated at 120%". Two pieces of information that are not, as no one doubted that the Brazilian star would return to Dortmund after four games without playing because of his rib pain, nor the overflowing desire to play the French world champion after its elongation in the contracted thigh facing Lyon.
The last session on the Signal Iduna Park was no better. After the warm-up and a ball circulation exercise for three separate teams, Thomas Tuchel even took care of a little more muddying the waters when setting up 9 against 9 in a stadium open to all eyes. Two different hinges (Silva - Kehrer facing Marquinhos - Kimpembe), Verratti in one Gueye camp in the other, an offensive trident Di Maria - Icardi - Neymar in pink, a trio Mbappé - Cavani - Sarabia among whites ... the Parisian coach would have liked to make his session illegible that he would not have done otherwise.
It will therefore be necessary to wait for Tuesday during the day to see him reveal his team composition. As he announced last week, Navas and Mbappé will be titular. Just like Neymar, Di Maria, Verratti, Meunier who will be aligned in a scheme in 4-4-2. For the rest, everything is open, make your games.