The same gray and loaded sky as when they left by plane awaited the Parisians on their arrival in Manchester, this Tuesday at the beginning of the afternoon. The same cool temperature too. So, when it came time for training on the Old Trafford lawn, at 7:30 p.m., we were not surprised to see Presnel Kimpembe and his comrades warming up rigorously to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
Because, as Thomas Tuchel underlined a few minutes earlier in a press conference when he was asked if Marquinhos, Navas and Kurzawa, spared against Bordeaux, would be back: “It’s a little difficult to make a medical point before training this season… ”
The day before, at the Loges camp, the German coach had lost in the same session Pablo Sarabia (muscle pain) and Mauro Icardi (right adductor pain). Despite everything, he was confident about the return of the three aforementioned on the scoresheet, while Thilo Kehrer is cured of his pubalgia.
However, no question of saying more on the tactical level. It was with a burst of laughter that Tuchel answered the question of whether Marquinhos would be well aligned in central defense this Wednesday against Manchester United (9 p.m.). “I’m not going to say it now, because we’re playing tomorrow,” he slipped. This is a question of great interest to Solskjaer and I cannot say. “
A week after the sad performance against Leipzig (1-0), which he justifies by ensuring that it was “not possible to control the game”, Thomas Tuchel intends to display at Old Trafford a more offensive face. “If we have the opportunity to take the ball, it will be the best thing, he explains, but we will have to be vigilant because Manchester is one of the best teams in Europe for offensive counter-attacks. To block the midfielder, he should line up Leandro Paredes rather than Danilo. The latter would therefore be relegated to the bench.
On the English side, the French Paul Pogba (ankle) and Anthony Martial (sick) are a priori suitable.
