Champions League
Mar 9, 2022 8.00pm
3
1
HT : 0 1
FT
  • Nacho 43' yellowcard
  • Vinicius Junior 44' yellowcard
  • Dani Carvajal 60' yellowcard
  • Karim Benzema 61' goal
  • Karim Benzema 76' goal
  • Karim Benzema 78' goal
  • Lucas Vazquez 88' yellowcard
  • yellowcard Leandro Paredes 7'
  • goal Kylian Mbappe 39'
  • yellowcard Gianluigi Donnarumma 62'
  • yellowcard Achraf Hakimi 81'
  • yellowcard Presnel Kimpembe 83'

Team News: Kylian Mbappe starts for Paris Saint-Germain against Real Madrid

Mbappe starts for PSG against Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappe has been passed fit to start for Paris Saint-Germain in Wednesday's Champions League last-16 second leg with Real Madrid.

The Blancos-linked attacker struck a 94th-minute winner in the first leg but took a stamp to the foot from Idrissa Gueye in a training session ahead of the trip to the Santiago Bernabeu.

However, Mauricio Pochettino affirmed that Mbappe was "fine" in his pre-match press conference, and the Frenchman will line up from the first whistle against his admirers.

Mbappe forms the feared front three with Neymar and Lionel Messi, while Leandro Paredes has overcome his injury woes and comes straight into the midfield in place of Georginio Wijnaldum.

Marco Verratti and Danilo Pereira join Paredes in the middle, and Pochettino makes numerous alterations in defence as expected, starting with Gianluigi Donnarumma replacing Keylor Navas in goal.

Marquinhos is the only member of the backline from the weekend's defeat to Nice to keep his place, as Achraf Hakimi, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes displace Thilo Kehrer, Abdou Diallo and Juan Bernat respectively.

PSG starting lineup: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes; Pereira, Paredes, Verratti; Messi, Mbappe, Neymar

POLL
Who will win Wednesday's Champions League clash between Real Madrid and PSG?
Real Madrid 56%
Draw 11%
Paris Saint-Germain 33%
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