Paris Saint-Germain can breathe. Painfully qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League after its draw (1-1) at Borussia Dortmund, the capital club is traveling to the north of France for the 16th day of Ligue 1. Leader of the championship, the club coached by Luis Enrique will, in fact, try to consolidate its first place in Lille. At the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, the Rouge et Bleu, who defeated FC Nantes last weekend, will also have the opportunity to score a ninth victory in a row in the elite of French football.
For its part, LOSC also remains on an impressive dynamic. At the foot of the podium with 27 units, the Mastiffs could take advantage of AS Monaco’s misstep on Friday evening against Olympique Lyonnais to come back to the level of the Asemists. Symbol of the beautiful spiral currently going through the Northerners, Paulo Fonseca’s men have not lost since September 26 and a setback against Reims (1-2). With a series of 14 matches without defeat (8 wins and 6 draws), the Lille club will therefore present themselves with confidence against the Parisians.
Tenas and Barcola from the start, Ugarte back in the eleven?
For this shock at the top, the Portuguese technician from LOSC, deprived of Tiago Djalo, injured in the knee, should then opt for a 4-4-2. In the Lille cages, Lucas Chevalier is logically expected. In front of the young French goalkeeper, Tiago Santos, Leny Yoro, Alexsandro Ribeiro and Ismaily would form the four-man defense of the locals. In midfield, Nabil Bentaleb could be associated with Benjamin André. Finally, on the attacking front, Edon Zhegrova, Remy Cabella and Yusuf Yacizi are expected to surround Angel Gomes, in a number 10 role.
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Opposite, Luis Enrique will in theory be deprived of the same players as recently but the game of suspensions will allow him to recover Ousmane Dembélé and start Arnau Tenas in place of Gianluigi Donnarumma in the Ile-de-France goals. In front of the 22-year-old Spaniard, who sparkled in his team’s victory against HAC, Achraf Hakimi, Milan Skriniar, Danilo Pereira and Lucas Hernandez are expected to make up the defense. In the midfield, the stainless Warren Zaire-Emery would accompany, for his part, Manuel Ugarte and Vitinha. To complete this eleven, the former coach of La Roja should renew an attacking trio formed by Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola.
