Club Brugge will receive a visit from Paris Saint-Germain tonight in the group stage of the Champions League and the rear can prepare for Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. According to L’Equipe PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino chooses the three attackers in the base. According to the French sports newspaper, Georginio Wijnaldum can also prepare for a base place.
Messi and Neymar have not yet played together in the PSG shirt. Messi came over from Barcelona in the last transfer window and made his debut in the game against Stade de Reims. The Argentine attacker came in as a replacement for Neymar after 66 minutes of play. Tonight the pair are expected in the base at 9 p.m. in the PSG vanguard together with Mbappé.
Pochettino: ‘I would be crazy not to start with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe’
Former Belgian international Gert Verheyen registers The newspapaer that there are no tactics to match PSG when Messi gets to the ball. “As Mauro Pochettino once said, ‘The only way to stop Messi is with a machine gun.’ If Messi has the ball, the only question is who It stops. The most in the line. If a coach claims that he has found a cure for Messi, I cannot assume that coach believes himself. And we haven’t even talked about Neymar yet.”
“Messi, Mbappe, Neymar: if they turn on the turbo, you just can’t follow,” said Verheyen. “Neutralizing their speed is almost impossible. At the European Championship, Mbappé ran 38 kilometers per hour. No one who can switch on from stand so quickly or even put an acceleration in the sprint. And even if you know from whom the danger will come, what can be done about it?” Club Brugge coach Philippe Clement holds The newspapaer captain Ruud Vormer on the bench tonight.
Probable line-up Club Brugge: Mignolet; Mata, Hendry, Nsoki; Sowah, Zipper, Vanaken, Balanta, Sobol; Long, De Ketelaere
Probable line-up Paris Saint-Germain: navas; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Diallo; Herrera, Paredes, Wijnaldum; Messi, Mbappe, Neymar.