Paris has a plan.
This Sunday, at 1 p.m., for the 25th day of Ligue 1, the capital club hosts Reims at the Parc des Princes.
Nine days before the end of the championship, it has a comfortable cushion of eleven points ahead of the current Brest and can afford to manage calmly while a new important deadline looms next Wednesday in the Coupe de France against Nice .
In any case, it is the idea of Luis Enrique and an entire club which considers that the quest for its twelfth championship title is well underway.
In this context, could the Spanish technician let some of his players breathe?
Against the Champenois, he will have to do without Marquinhos, who suffered an Achilles tendon injury against Nantes on February 17 and who will be resting for the next few days.
Slightly injured against Monaco (0-0, March 1), Marco Asensio is recovering and could return to the group during next week.
What will happen to Kylian Mbappé?
Luis Enrique repeats it, he wants to prepare for next season and Ligue 1 will be his laboratory.
Which means that it is not impossible that the 2018 world champion starts on the bench.
“Starting Sunday?
We'll see depending on the weather.
Whether it’s hot or not,” quipped the former FC Barcelona coach at a press conference.
Against Reims, the hypothesis of seeing Ramos or Kolo Muani in the starting lineup cannot therefore be ruled out.
In the middle, Manuel Ugarte could start after having been on the bench at the start of the last two C1 matches.
Behind, we will have to observe how Luis Enrique intends to manage Hakimi and Nuno Mendes but also Danilo Pereira, just back from a thigh injury but who feels good.
The probable composition of PSG:
Donnarumma – Soler, Danilo (cap.), Beraldo, Hernandez – Zaire-Emery, Ugarte, Vitinha – Kolo Muani, Ramos, Lee.