D-1 of the Champions League semi-final between PSG and Leipzig, it is already possible to define the first trends concerning the compositions of the two teams. It is a return to 4-2-3-1 which is announced on the Paris side with the tenure of Leandro Paredes.
On the eve of the second Champions League semi-final in its history, against Leipzig, PSG will train one last time in its Alcochete training camp, located a few kilometers from Lisbon (Portugal), this Monday evening at 8:30 p.m. In the meantime, the press of the day delivers the first indications concerning the team compositions of this PSG / Leipzig by relying in particular on the indiscretions of the last training session of Thomas Tuchel’s players.
According to L’Équipe and The Parisian, the coach of the capital should favor a tactical plan of 4-2-3-1 with Sergio Rico in the cages, started after the forfeit on injury of Keylor Navas, officalized Sunday by the Parisian club on the occasion of yet another medical point. In front of the Spanish goalkeeper, we will find Thilo Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe and Juan Bernat, from right to left, the same line-up defense as during the success against Atalanta (2-1) in the quarter-finals.
More uncertain than ever for the match against Leipzig due to a muscle alert, Leandro Paredes will be preferred to Idrissa Gueye according to the two newspapers, while the Argentinian had been left on the bench unlike the Senegalese against the Dea. Also in this 4-2-3-1 system announced by the press, Paredes will be accompanied by Marquinhos in a double pivot. In front, Neymar should be positioned in number 10, in the position of playmaker, with Kylian Mbappé and Angel Di Maria positioned on the wings of the Parisian offensive animation, embodied in the forefront by Mauro Icardi.
The possible team composition of PSG against Leipzig : Rico – Kehrer, Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat – Marquinhos, Paredes – Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappé – Icardi.
For its part, RB Leipzig could face PSG in a 3-3-3-1 tactical system or in a 4-2-3-1 according to The team but with the same players regardless of the scheme put in place, only Ibrahima Konaté being absent for this meeting. Only one doubt about the point of the Leipzig attack still remains in the head of Julian Nagelsmann: Yussuf Poulsen, tenured in the quarter against Atlético (2-1), or Patrick Schick, whose profile pleases the German technician. The choice is still open.
The possible composition of Leipzig’s team against PSG : Gulacsi – Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenberg – Laimer, Kampl, Angelino – Sabitzer, Olmo, Nkunku – Schick (ou Poulsen).
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