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With Messi, Neymar and Di María starting, PSG receives Lille for Ligue 1

Messi, despite the muscular ailment, will finally be the starter (Photo: Reuters)

By the date 12 of the League 1, the Park of the Princes will wear its best clothes to host the duel between the PSG and the Little. The cast directed by Mauricio Pochettino will finally have Messi as headline despite the muscle discomfort that got him out of the last workout. Kylian MbappéInstead, he was not cited. Televisa ESPN.

The alarms of the Paris Saint Germain were turned on Thursday at noon after the announcement of the Kylian Mbappé and the uncertainty that surrounded Lionel Messi, who accused a “muscle discomfort”, he trained differently but anyway will be from the start with Neymar and Ángel Di María in the offensive trident. The Argentine coach already knew since Sunday that he could not count on Achraf Hakimi because of the expulsion in front of the Marsella Olympic.

Lille are the reigning French champions, but are aimlessly sailing 10th in the standings. He received “good news” for the first time so far in Ligue 1 and in the short term he has an opportunity to re-establish himself as that team that knew how to subdue the entire country. No longer very extravagant in the game, PSG lost their best player, who left with a physical discomfort after the effort made in the classic, where he played for more than half an hour with one less footballer on the field.

Mauricio Pochettino finally decided this Friday to use the flea, victim of a small muscle discomfort. With the trip to Leipzig next week for the fourth day of the Champions League and seven points ahead of the chaser in the league, Lens, the capital’s team could afford to protect its stars and send the Rosario to the bench if they had analyzed it.

Messi retired with an ailment from Thursday's training session (Photo: Gettyimages)
Messi retired with an ailment from Thursday’s training session (Photo: Gettyimages)

While there was the latent chance of the appearance of Mauro Icardi from the start, the Argentine scorer will go to the substitute bench after the extra-sporting conflict that kept him on the main covers of the world. The attack will have yes to Video Say Maria and among the absences of the midfield, the one of the injured will stand out Marco Verratti.

Neymar, which had been accusing some minor physical problems that came to marginalize him from some games, will be another of the elemental cards in the attack. PSG has an important test in which must demonstrate how it works without its main card and lifesaver in the last games: Kylian Mbappé.

PSG’s squad includes Keylor Navas, Presnel Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Mauro Icardi, Neymar, Ángel Di María, Rafinha, Juan Bernat, Danilo Pereira, Colin Dagba, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ander Herrera, Abdou Diallo, Julian Draxler, Thilo Kehrer, Nuno Mendes, Idrissa Gueye, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Leo Messi, Nathan Bitumazala, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Alexandre Letellier.

TRAININGS

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Thilo Kehrer, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Juan Bernat; Danilo Pereira, Georginio Wijnaldum, Gueye; Ángel Di María, Lionel Messi and Neymar. DT: Mauricio Pochettino.

Little: Ivo Grbic; Mehmet Zeki Celik, José Fonte, Tiago Djaló, Reinildo; R. Sanches, Xeka; Icon, Bamba; Jonathan David and Burak Yilmaz. DT: Jocelyn Gourvennec.

Stadium: Princes Park

Schedule: 16.00 (Argentine time)

Television: ESPN.

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