The poster is obviously salivating. Title holders, PSG are once again in the semi-finals of the Champions League and have a meeting this Tuesday with Bayern Munich, the best team since the start of the season. For many, this is the final before its time and the double confrontation promises to be particularly indecisive.
Former Bayern Munich legend, Bixente Lizarazu invited PSG on Sunday to pay particular attention to Michael Olise.
“Bayern Munich is the best attack in Europe. There are obviously other very good players, but Michael Olise is fantastic,” he explained on Téléfoot, adding: “He is super talented, he has great confidence, he is very dangerous on his right side, especially when he gets into the middle and opens his foot. »
The former Crystal Palace player is obviously in his ideal eleven drawn up for The Teamjust like Harry Kane, the chief pyrotechnician of the Bavarian giant, lined up at the forefront. Luis Diaz and Jamal Musiala, however, remain at the dock for the benefit of Ousmane Dembélé, the leader of the Parisian attack, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the man in form.
A defense with a Parisian accent
In midfield, Bixente Lizarazu only retained two players “to leave more room for offensive players” : Joshua Kimmich, the metronome of Bayern Munich, and Joao Neves, preferred to his compatriot Vitinha, “a little less strong this season”. “Neves would undoubtedly be more complementary, with his box to box profile, technically strong and endowed with a large volume of play”, he also justifies.
If at the goalkeeper position, Manuel Neuer, “a legend of the position” says the 98 world champion, is obviously preferred to Matvey Safonov, the defense has a Parisian accent. This is particularly true in the corridors where Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes are lined up. And in central defense, Pacho is established alongside Dayot Upamecano, Marquinhos therefore being sidelined. “A mind-blowing serenity emanates from him,” explains Liza about the Ecuadorian, adding: “Paradoxically, I think that it is he who reassures and improves Marquinhos with his strength and his presence. »
