Leipzig-Psg Champions League semi-final at 9pm

Neymar and Mbappé want to mark the history of the Parisian club with the first final. But the Germans have the strength of the collective on their side

The Leipzig of the Red Bull project, which started very far (the German minor leagues) and surprisingly arrived at the top of European football or the PSG of the emirs, which after years of crazy spending on the market finally has the chance to reach the first final in the maximum competition of its history? At 9 pm the first semi-final of the Champions League in Franco-German style takes place, the other between Lyon and Bayern will be tomorrow.

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Tactics

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Many are the key interests of Leipzig-Psg. Let’s start with the official formations. The Germans confirm ten elevenths of the team that beat Atletico (only Mukiele change for Halstenberg), the French give up Icardi, with the return of Mbappé and Di Maria from 1 ‘. Let’s move on to the technicians: both Germans, Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel. It is no mystery that the first, 13 years younger, also took inspiration from the second, as well as from the master par excellence of the counterpressing to the German, that Ralf Rangnick who came close to landing in Italy, at Milan. Similar schools, but a different present: Nagelsmann has built a system without stars and first women, where the collective and ideas are the real strength. A bit like Tuchel had managed to do at Borussia Dortmund. Arrived on the PSG bench and having to relate to world-famous stars, the 46-year-old coach had to adapt, with some difficulties. The Parisian team is in fact a hybrid: Tuchel has certainly brought organization, but at the service of the various Neymar, Mbappé and so on, more than a team idea. So many have trivialized tonight’s semifinal: collective against champions. In part it will also be like this, doing a little wrong to Tuchel, but PSG has never seemed as solid as this season.

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