A new obstacle to overcome before the last step to climb to the top of the continent:
Paris To an appointment with its history. Eight days after a convincing victory at the Emirates Stadium, the Luis Enrique team took a first step towards Munich, but it will have to approach this second round as if this score had not existed. Because comfort is the worst feeling, in the harsh law of the Champions League. And because Arsenal remains a tough adversity, with its stopped kicks, its athletic impact and its defensive strength.
Showered by the stifling pressing of Parisians in England, the Gunners will be torn between the idea of reducing their delay and that of not accentuating it. Thomas Parte's suspension return is necessarily an additional difficulty for Parisians, since in addition to the activity of the old Colchonero, his simple presence moves Rice and Merino in their preferential roles. Mikel Arteta and some of his players have also launched the match on another field, behind the microphones. But Luis Enrique knows music, and the Spanish technician has only one guideline: focusing on his team. A team with a large E.
With or without its top scorer Ousmane Dembélé, Paris Saint-Germain will not change its guideline. The champions of France will have to be protagonists in the game, dictate the tempo, prick when the breaches open and above all impose what has become their trademark: this incredible pressing in the command room. There will be turbulence, necessarily, as always at this altitude, but the game is worth the candle. Make way for the show.
The expected compos
PSG : Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes – Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz – Doué, Dembélé (or Barcola), Kvaratskhelia.
Arsenal : Raya-Lewis-Skelly, Kiwior, Saliba, White-Party, Merino, Rice-Saka, Tossard, Martinelli.
Where to see the match?
This semi-final return of the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal will be broadcast this Wednesday evening on Canal +, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to look at it on the group's streaming platform, MyCanal.
