Two players must tread carefully in the Parc des Princes: Mendy and Casemiro. Both are warned and, if they see a yellow card, it would be the third and they would miss the second leg. In the case of the Frenchman, he saw them in the group stage matches against Shaktar, at the Bernabéu and against the Sheriff, away from home. Regarding the Brazilian, he was booked in the matches that Madrid played at home against Shaktar and Sheriff. Four cards, two for each, that alert in Paris.
Because of not being able to play the second leg, on March 9, Ancelotti he would lose two fundamental pillars of his gala eleven. To his undisputed left side, with a lot of arrival but, above all, a defensive solidity that no other player has; and to his pivot, the axis in the exit of the ball and player in charge of the recoveries. The firewall. That is why leaving the Parc des Princes without cards seems key.
There are three other players who, if they saw a card, would be ready for the second leg. Militao, Alaba and Jovic. The coach, Carlo Ancelotti, is also in that situation. The PSG It does not have players warned, but it does have a multitude of names with a yellow: Donnarumma, Achraf, Kehrer, Kimpembe, Nuno Mendes, Paredes, Gueye, Verratti, Danilo, Ander Herrera, Di María, Neymar, Mbappé and Messi.