Champions League
Mar 9, 2022 8.00pm
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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'

How Paris Saint-Germain could line up against Real Madrid

How PSG could line up against Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain have a fresh concern over Kylian Mbappe for Wednesday's Champions League last-16 second leg with Real Madrid.

The 23-year-old struck the only goal in a 1-0 first-leg win but was absent from the weekend's defeat to Nice in Ligue 1 due to an accumulation of bookings, and he also took a stomp to the foot from Idrissa Gueye in training recently.

However, Mbappe will return to form the familiar front line with Lionel Messi and Neymar at the Santiago Bernabeu if his foot issue is not deemed to be serious, as Angel Di Maria prepares to return to the bench.

Ex-Real Madrid man Sergio Ramos may not shake off his calf issue in time for a Bernabeu reunion, and Mauricio Pochettino also has concerns over Achraf Hakimi, Ander Herrera, Leandro Paredes and Layvin Kurzawa.

Hakimi may be fit enough to displace Thilo Kehrer at right-back, and a raft of changes to the backline should also see Gianluigi Donnarumma, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes return for Keylor Navas, Abdou Diallo and Juan Bernat respectively.

Georginio Wijnaldum also flattered to deceive against Nice and could cede his place in the middle to Gueye, with Danilo Pereira and Marco Verratti unlikely to drop out of the side.

Mbappe's 94th-minute winner in the first leg was his 13th goal from his last 13 appearances in the Champions League, but Pochettino could be sweating over his striker's fitness until the last minute here.

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

> Click here to see how Real Madrid could line up for the second leg

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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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