With the tenure of Zaire-Emery, Barcola and Beraldo, Paris Saint-Germain is fielding the youngest team in its history in the Champions League.
Luis Enrique was not afraid. The Paris Saint-Germain coach chose to opt for the youngest eleven in the club’s history for a Champions League match, for this round of 16 second leg on the Real Sociedad pitch. . The average age of the holders? 23 years and 361 days.
This drop in average age is notably due to defensive injuries. Milan Skriniar (29 years old) and Presnel Kimpembe (28 years old), while Marquinhos (29 years old) and Danilo (32 years old) start on the bench, which benefits Lucas Beraldo and his 20 years old.
A very young squad for PSG
But this statistic also shows that the PSG squad is generally very young, because Bradley Barcola (21 years old), Nuno Mendes (21 years old) and of course Warren Zaire-Emery (17 years old) are potential starters despite their age. And some experienced executives like Kylian Mbappé, Achraf Hakimi, Ousmane Dembélé or Gianluigi Donnarumma are only 25 or 26 years old.
The two oldest players in the Parisian eleven are Lucas Hernandez (28 years old) and Fabian Ruiz (27 years old), who have a little time ahead of them before reaching the milestone of thirty. By adding Vitinha (24 years old), we see that PSG has undergone a real facelift over the past two years.
