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Champions League: where to see PSG-Manchester City and five questions around this shock

2021-09-30T13:32:47.362Z


DECRYPTION - Diffusion, bête noire, Messi ... Everything you need to know before the PSG-Manchester City shock this Tuesday (9 p.m.), in Paris, during the second day of the group stage of the Champions League.


Where to watch the game ?


This meeting will be broadcast live on

RMC Sport 1

and

Canal +

.

Kick-off at 9 p.m.

You will also be able to follow this match of the second day of the Champions League group stage live commented on our site with Teddy Vadeevaloo.

To discover

  • Champions League fixtures and results

  • Champions League standings

With or without Leo Messi?


Except last minute surprise, it will be with. Package for the last two matches of PSG in Ligue 1 after a blow received against Lyon (2-1), the 34-year-old Argentinian six-time golden ball trained without worry on Sunday and Monday. His presence in the group was no longer in doubt on Monday. It remains to be seen whether he will be able to hold his place in the starting 11. It is very probable. More than seeing Marco Verratti start. Admittedly, the Italian international is also back in the group. But the Argentinian coach of Paris-SG could consider that he lacks rhythm. His last match with the red and blue jersey dates back to August 29, against Reims (2-0 victory). In fact, the "little Owl" has only played two matches with Paris since the start of the season and two with Italy, including 13 minutes against Switzerland (0-0).For the rest, Sergio Ramos (injured), Angel Di Maria (suspended), Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and Rafinha (not registered in C1) are forfeited. City side, Oleksandr Zinchenko is uncertain and Ilkay Gündogan, out.

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Who to keep Paris Saint-Germain's goals?


Knowing that Mauricio Pochettino decides "

before each match

" on the identity of the titular goalkeeper, it is a constantly renewed suspense.

Our Italian colleagues from

Sky

promise that Gianluigi Donnarumma will start, not Keylor Navas, holder in Bruges on the first day (1-1).

"

I have not confirmed the team but everyone is free to give their opinion,

" Pochettino laughed.

Donnarumma, 22, has never played in the prestigious Champions League yet.

Premiere this Tuesday?

Neymar-Mbappé, water in the gas?


Move along, nothing to see. This is more or less the message passed by Ander Herrera and Mauricio Pochettino on Monday, at a press conference, when they were asked about the quarrel between Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. "

This tramp, he never gives me the pass,

" seemed to say the 22-year-old world champion after his replacement last Saturday on the occasion of the success against Montpellier (2-0). “

People like to talk about PSG and negative stories sell more. You have to take it with humor

”, laughs Herrera, relativizing the incident and slippery in passing that if he had had the same type of problem with, for example, Leo Paredes,“

no one would notice.

It's normal, it's football… They know it and it surely makes them laugh.

"

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Same story with Pochettino: “

It's the kind of thing that happens. If there are small incidents, it sometimes creates big waves outside… But in reality, it remains a minor subject. It's nothing.

The Argentine coach still said he spoke to those interested in the subject and that Neymar and Mbappé exchanged between them. Proof that it was perhaps not "

nothing

", in the end ... One thing is certain: the management of the stars is more flammable than ever at PSG this season. This episode, or that of the replacement of Messi against Lyon (2-1), demonstrates it. And the season has only just begun ...

City, bête noire of PSG?


Statistics say yes. In five confrontations, Paris-SG have never beaten Manchester City so far. There was first a draw in England, in 2008 (0-0), in the group stage of C1, then the elimination of PSG of Laurent Blanc against the Skyblues of Manuel Pellegrini in the quarterfinals, in 2016 (2- 2 at Parc des Princes on the first leg, 1-0 defeat on the return). Last year, it was the players of Pep Guardiola who blocked the road to the final to those of Mauricio Pochettino, who had won both matches, 2-1 at the Park and 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium. “

We have a revenge to play,

” insists Leo Paredes. PSG also has a mixed record against English clubs at home: four wins, four draws and four defeats.

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Which team is the fittest?


Each of the two coaches sang the praises of their opponent on Monday at a press conference.

If Pochettino believes that City is "

ahead

" collectively, Guardiola says he does not know "

how to stop

" the offensive stars of PSG.

Including a certain Lionel Messi, whom he knows well for having trained him for Barça.

Still, the two teams are in relatively good shape.

After their victory on Chelsea last weekend (1-0), the Skyblues are only a small point behind the Premier League leader, Liverpool. Since their losses to Leicester at the Community Shield (0-1) and to Tottenham (0-1), in the Premier League, they have won six of their seven matches in all competitions, including four scoring five or more goals. City notably crushed Leipzig in the Champions League (6-3), while PSG would seek a draw in Bruges (1-1). Beaten by Lille in the Champions Trophy (0-1) in early August, the Parisians crush Ligue 1: eight wins in eight matches and nine points ahead in the standings. "

I don't know if it's a perfect night, but it's a good night

", Savored" Pocket "Saturday, after the success against Montpellier (2-0).

And to add: “

It's a good way to prepare for this match against Manchester City, a great opponent.

"

Source: lefigaro

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