At 4 a.m. on February 16, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be a focus battle. Paris Saint-Germain will host Real Madrid at home. Pochettino wants the team to win at home.
The current situation at Greater Paris is that Neymar has been training for a few days, but he is unlikely to go straight into the starting line-up and he will wait on the bench for the opportunity to come. Ramos is injured, he can't play for his old club, and Herrera in midfield is also unable to play due to injury.
According to the French "Team Newspaper", the starting lineup of this game in Paris has surfaced. In the goalkeeper position is Donnarumma, who has performed well with Navas, who has played a little more recently and the Italian goalkeeper is more likely to start. In the backline, the right-back is Ashraf, who will face his old club. At centre-back, Marquinonei and Kimpembe will form a centre-back pair, with Mendes at left-back.
The three players in midfield are Verratti, Danilo Pereira and Paredes. Wijnaldum is not valued by Pochettino and will wait on the bench for his chance. On the attacking line, Neymar is substituted, so messi, Mbappe and Di Maria will start together. Messi is in good form at the moment, assisting Mbappe's goal in stoppage time last week. This season, he has made 20 appearances for Paris, scoring 7 goals and assisting 7 goals, and his cooperation with Mbappe has become more and more tacit. Mbappe will face his potential next home, how will he perform?