Paris Saint Germain (PSG) will face its main escort, Olympique de Marseille, until late in a classic that will take all the flashes from 15:45 in Argentina, with live transmission of the ESPN channel, for the presences of Messi and Di María in the local and Jorge Sampaoli in the visit, after the chaotic passage through Russia 2018.The leader of the Ligue 1 of France wants to ratify his leadership on the date 32 of a championship that will enjoy it as a consolation prize after the embarrassing elimination in the Champions League by Real Madrid.In the first round, the match between the two had ended tied without goals at the Stade Velodrome, in a duel that has the particularity that both coaches are Argentines: Mauricio Pochettino and Jorge Sampaoli.
The leader will enjoy the presence of Lionel Messi and is expected for the return of Angel Di Maria. For his part, Mauro Icardi will be on the substitutes’ bench. While Leandro Paredes will be low because he recovers from a pubalgia operation. A few days ago, Sampaoli praised Mbappe, who scored three goals in the last match: “Mbappe is almost impossible to score. I faced him at the World Cup (Russia 2018) and here when Paris came to play at Vélodrome. He makes a lot of difference in the spaces, with the ball at his feet, in the definition…”, praised Sampaoli. You have to have a great collective day. Individually it is almost impossible. We have to find collective solutions because it can make a difference against anyone,” he said. Pochettino remarked that the classic “is an important and different match for both. It’s the most important match in French football,” he said. “We will have to enter the field well prepared. Marseille is a team with a lot of dynamism, technical quality and that plays well as a block. He has many qualities, especially a quick attack,” he concluded.
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