For once, Luis Enrique is doing something classic.
With all the same a big surprise.
PSG is in fact lining up the expected 11 to face Real Sociedad, this Wednesday (9 p.m., live commentary), in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.
With one notable exception: Lucas Hernadez is a substitute and Lucas Beraldo, a starter.
Spared last Saturday against Lille (3-1), Kylian Mbappé makes his return to the starting 11.
On the attacking front, he is associated with Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé.
Note that three Parisian players are likely to be suspended in the event of a yellow card, Hernandez, Manuel Ugarte and Achraf Hakimi.
Only the last named is the holder.
There remained uncertainty in midfield, for the third thief alongside Warren Zaire-Emery and Vitinha.
It was Fabian Ruiz who was favored by Luis Enrique.
The essential anti-star Danilo Pereira will be in the central hinge with the Brazilian captain of PSG, Marquinhos.
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If the infirmary is almost empty in Paris (Mendes, Kimpembe, Skriniar), it is crowded on the side of Real Sociedad, which must do without Aihen Muñoz, Alvaro Odriozola, Carlos Fernández, Sheraldo Becker and Kieran Tierney, all injured, as well than Aritz Elustondo, suspended.
They remained in the Basque Country.
Still uncertain on Tuesday, captain Mikel Oyarzabal appears well... on the bench, but not in Imanol Alguacil's 11.
11 in which we find the French Robin Le Normand, who became a Spanish international in recent years, but also Ander Barrenetxea, Brais Méndez, the ex-Rennais Hamari Traoré and the Japanese star Takefusa Kubo, extended Monday until 2029. At the end of this double confrontation, PSG will aim to return to the quarter-finals of C1 for the first time since 2021. This would be a first in the history of Real, leader of its group ahead of Inter in groups.