Duel of giants at the Etihad

Leo messi caught the ball in the Parc des Princes, started towards the goal by Ederson and his left-handed shot it was unstoppable. This is how PSG sentenced the first leg match, a 2-0 against Manchester City, and so he could return to happen in the lap: “Sometimes he doesn’t know what is going to happen when he has the ball, imagine the others. I can’t tell the players anything about how to defend it,” he explained Pep Guardiola on Messi at the press conference prior to the crash.

Although the English and the French are one step out of the eighth in the final (City is served a point and PSG is enough to equal or exceed the result that Bruges achieves), the rivalry between both sets adds a extra point to the duelfollow the game live on AS.com). At stake is not only the first group position, but also a rematch from last season when the citizens they prevailed in the semifinals of the Champions League.

The Manchester City arrives without De Bruyne, isolated for testing positive for COVID-19, but with a Immeasurable cancellation –Seven assists this season– and a clear adaptation to the new scheme without a striker. In a position where they alternate Foden, Grealish or Bernardo, others like Gündogan they are clear: “Some like me have the option to reach more opportunities of goal, that’s why I scored so many last season. When there is no striker on the field, you have to continue to have players in the areaa”.

As if that were not enough, the previous of the party has been seasoned with rumors on the Parisian bench. Mauricio Pochettino is Manchester United’s leading candidate for reemplazar a Solskjaer, but the Argentine coach still on the clues: “My contract is until 2023. I have this season and one more. And then I am very happy at PSG“. Although without titles in his history before the hypothetical situation of taking over the Old Trafford club, his partner Guardiola defends him: “You don’t have to win titles to be a great coach.”

At discharge section, Donnarumma and Kimpembe They are available again after missing Saturday’s game against Nantes and Sergio Ramos has also entered the list, in what would be his first minutes in six months. They are only Draxler and Letellier come down.