The reception of the Racing Club of Lens this Sunday afternoon (5:15 p.m.) at the Parc des Princes is the starting point for a week in charge for PSG which will play three games in seven days. The Atalanta, Wednesday for the entrance to the Champions League, and Olympique de Marseille, on Sunday September 21, then appeared at the hearty menu of Parisians who should therefore appear with a revised face this weekend, on behalf of the 4th day of Ligue 1.
This meeting placed in the wake of a hectic international truce and marked by the injuries of Ousmane Dembélé and desired gifted, absent for several weeks, will push Luis Enrique to modify the structure of his eleven type and to blow up some frames in the perspective of the two major deadlines.
A follower of the turnover, the Spanish technician should not derogate from his principles and will necessarily be tempted to protect elements that were very asked with their national team. In this case, we especially think of Nuno Mendes who competed in 157 minutes with Portugal. His compatriots Vitinha (177 minutes) and João Neves (169 minutes), still on the bridge on Tuesday, were not unemployed either and he would not be surprising to see one of the two players take place on the bench.
Fabian Ruiz, authorized to stay in Paris due to muscle fatigue, and Senny Mayulu, Restored from his lesion to the adductor of the right thigh, could thus regain rhythm in the midfield. Non-appeal to France and Brazil, Warren Zaïre-Emery and Lucas Beraldo are rested and logically apply for a holder.
A dosage question
The temptation to have Marquinhos and Achraf Hakimi play, who only participated in the first match in their selection, is great but Luis Enrique is also likely to preserve his two tauliers this weekend and keep them cool for Atalanta and trip to the Vélodrome.
As usual, everything is a question of dosage and the distribution of playing time in this extended season is a subject on which the staff shows great vigilance. A decision will be made after the last training scheduled for Saturday morning.
This precautionary principle should prevail for Bradley Barcola, holder twice with the Blues. Kang-in Lee and Gonçalo Ramos, used sparingly during the truce (106 minutes for the first, 35 for the second), as well as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, whose last match with Georgia dates back to last Sunday, could form a fairly unusual attack.
The likely composition of PSG: CHEVALIER – Zaïre -Eserry, Zabarnyi, Pacho or Marquinhos, Beraldo – Mayulu, Vitinha or Neves, Ruiz – Lee, Ramos, Kvaratskhelia.
