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Although having eliminated Paris Saint Germain the last three times the French team crossed his path in Champions League, Barcelona He arrives this time at the appointment without being a favorite, but the great moment of Lionel Messi and the injury of Neymar, that the first leg is lost, they could reverse the trend of a round of 16 tie that opens the curtain this Tuesday at the Camp Nou.
And it is that this cast of culé walks again to the rhythm of the Argentine star, who he began to score and assist as in his prime. His last exhibition, the 5-1 against Alavés in the last game of the Spanish league.
Before the Basque team, the Catalan coach, the Dutch Ronald Koeman, gave Jordi Alba, Pedri and Ousmane Dembélé a rest, thinking about PSG. The three will start tomorrow in an eleven where the problems will return to be on the defensive line.
The Barcelona coach has injured the Uruguayan central defender Ronald Araujo and, although Gerard Piqué surely enter the call After being three pesos stopped by a knee injury, it seems unlikely that he will be in a position to start.
For its part, the Parisian team, which does not forget the echoes of his last elimination with the famous 6-1 culminating in Barcelona’s historic comeback at the Camp Nou, travels pending the Italian Marco Verratti.
The Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino booked at the wheel with views to the crucial duel this Tuesday, as well as other important men from the center of the field, such as Senegalese Gueye, who will probably accompany the trans-Andean Leandro Paredes.
Nor have they taken risks with the attacker Mauro Icardi, who will occupy the position of center forward, flanked by the Spanish Pablo Sarabia or the Italian Moise Kean on the right and by Kylian Mbappé on the left.
The French star has over all the lights in the absence of NeymarAt the same time, the Camp Nou clash should serve to understand the psychological impact that the loss of the world’s most expensive footballer will have on team morale.
– Probable lineups:
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest, Mingueza, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, De Jong, Pedri; Dembélé, Messi and Griezmann.
PSG: Keylor Navas; Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa; Paredes, Gueye; Sarabia or Kean, Verratti, Mbappé; Icardi.
Barcelona and PSG will collide this Tuesday in the eighth from 5:00 p.m. in our country, and you can follow the action with the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Bookmark.
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