With Lionel Messi again from the start, Paris Saint-Germain will face German RB Leipzig on Tuesday for the third date of the group stage of the Champions League that has him as one of the great candidates for the title. The game at the Parque de los Príncipes, in which the injured Leandro Paredes and Neymar will not participate, will begin at 4 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN 1.
The striker from Rosario rejoined the Parisian team last Friday after his participation in the triple round of Qualifiers with Argentina and that same day he witnessed the victory against Angers (2-1) in Ligue 1. Now, from the stadium box. For the continental competition, it will be part of a key match for the aspirations of the team led by Mauricio Pochettino.
PSG leads its area, A, with 4 units, the same number as the surprising Bruges of Belgium, which this Tuesday from 13.45 (on ESPN 1) will host Josep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who has three points. At the bottom of the group are the Germans, a product of their falls to the English (6-3 away) and the Belgians (2-1 at home).
In their previous Champions League game, PSG won 2-0 at home against City (in the debut it was 1-1 in Brussels) and Messi achieved there what so far was his only score in five commitments with the second club of his career.
“We are very happy with the integration of Leo Messi. He feels better and better,” celebrated Pochettino at the press conference, after ruling out the presence of Neymar. The Brazilian suffers a pain in the adductors, as reported by the club in a medical report, and will need to rest to recover. “The priority is the health of the player. It is a small physical problem that we hope will be a matter of a few days,” explained the coach.
Neymar’s absence (one goal and two assists in seven games this season) will not be the only one: neither will Paredes (injury to the right quadriceps) and most likely neither will his compatriot Mauro Icardi, who this Monday missed training for a second consecutive day due to the recent separation with his partner and manager, Wanda Nara.
“Mauro did not train due to personal problems, he is on the list for tomorrow, we will see when he arrives tonight (he traveled to Milan), we will analyze the situation to see if he can be in the group or not,” said Pochettino.
The Spanish defender Sergio Ramos, who still could not make his debut since his arrival from Real Madrid in the last market, will also remain out of consideration.
De Paul and Lautaro play
Tuesday’s session will also have action in three other groups. For the B, Atlético de Madrid (4 points) by Diego Simeone, Rodrigo De Paul and Angel Correa will animate one of the most attractive clashes of the day when they host Liverpool (6) by Jürgen Klopp from 16. Simultaneously and for the In the same area, Porto (1) will meet Milan (0) in Portugal.
For its part, Inter (1) of Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa will be home from 16 (on ESPN 2) of the incredible Sheriff of Transnistria (6), who leads Group D against all odds and with a perfect score: 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk at home and 2-1 at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. At the same time and on ESPN 3 the Ukrainians (1) will receive the Spanish (3).
In addition, for Group C, Ajax (6) of Nicolás Tagliafico and Lisandro Martínez will be home to Borussia Dortmund (6) of Norwegian Erling Haaland from 16, while the Turkish Besiktas (0) will do the same with Sporting Lisboa ( 0) Portuguese from 1:45 p.m. (on ESPN 2).
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