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Dembélé wants to repeat PSG’s “best year in history”: “It’s going to be more difficult”
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The Russian Matvei Safonov will start this Wednesday for the fourth time in a row in the Paris Saint-Germain goals for the Intercontinental final against Flamengo, while the holder Lucas Chevalier is on the bench, according to the match sheet submitted an hour before kick-off. Chevalier, injured an ankle against Monaco at the end of November, missed the following two matches then was a substitute on Saturday in Metz in the championship (3-2 victory).
In attack, Ousmane Dembélé, ill last week, is too fair. Désiré Doué will start in the center-forward position. At his side, Lee Kang-In was preferred to Bradley Barcola who has been experiencing real sluggishness in recent weeks. The former Lyonnais has not scored all year in the Champions League and is paying, this Wednesday, for his inconsistency.
For the rest, PSG lines up its standard team with the exception of Warren Zaire-Emery who replaces the injured Achraf Hakimi.
