The first finalist of the Champions League is defined in the Parc des Princes, where PSG is obliged to win over the German team
The Brazilian Lucas Belardo will be at the axis of the defense of the Paris Saint-Germain starting eleven, in which the Portuguese Goncalo Ramos figure at the center of the attack instead of Bradley Barcola to face the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund.
These are the two main novelties in Luis Enrique’s initial composition to seek the second final of the highest European competition for the club from the French capital.
With Belardo, the Spanish coach is committed to having more control of the ball, given the good footing of the young Brazilian player, preferred to other more forceful defenders such as the Portuguese Danilo.
Furthermore, the Brazilian is the only left-footed centre-back he had for that duel.
In attack, Luis Enrique has preferred Ramos, who is on a good scoring streak, with four goals in the last four league games.
The Portuguese is more of an area player against the powerful German defense that already created many problems for PSG in the first leg less than a week ago.
The presence of Ramos in the starting eleven, the first in a Champions League match, will leave more freedom on the left wing for Kylian Mbappéwho started as “9” in the Dortmund duel. Ousmane Dembélé repeats as far right.
The rest of Luis Enrique’s starting team is as expected, with Gianluiggi Donnarumma between the sticks, the Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi On the right side, the Brazilian Marquinhos as captain and center back and the Portuguese Nuno Mendes on the right. In the center of the field they also repeat the Portuguese Vitinhathe Spanish Fabian Ruiz and the french Warren Zaire-Emery.
BORUSSIA REPEAT ONCE
Borussia Dortmund will take to the Parc des Princes with the same eleven with which they defeated Paris Saint-Germain less than a week ago in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
The German coach, Edin Terzic, had already warned that he would play with the same starting eleven despite the fact that Sébastian Haller is available after knee problems.
Borussia rested a good part of its starters in the weekend’s league match in which it defeated Augsburg.
CONFIRMED ALIGNMENTS
PSG: Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Mendes – Zaïre Emery, Vitinha, Ruiz – Dembélé, Ramos, Mbappé.
Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Sabitzer, Emre Can; Brandt, Adeyemi, Sancho; y filling jug.
Lineups for the return match between PSG and Dortmund in the Champions League semifinals ESPN.com
WHAT TIME TO SEE PSG VS DORTMUND?
The match between the French and Germans will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Mexico City.
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Luis Enrique tried to frame the game Kylian Mbappé in the general context of the team, but acknowledged that he would like “the best players, the more they participate in the game, the better.”
Although he pointed out that if the Borussia closes behind will not ask him to go down to the center of the field, because a footballer like him “has to play in the critical zone.”
“The objective is to come out playing from behind to put the forwards in the best conditions. But the forwards also have to participate in the collective game,” he said.
The coach also highlighted the importance that the Parc des Princes fans will have, which he compared to the German fans from the first leg.
“Their role is going to be vital, as it has been all season. We have the full guarantee that the fans will be there for us, as they have been all year, especially when we need them most. The atmosphere of Dortmund It was nice, I hope it will be nice here too,” he said.
