It's the big day. After Liverpool and Birmingham, the Paris Saint-Germain still crosses the English Channel for a great English battle. This will necessarily have an air of deja vu, since the champions of France had already visited London to challenge Arsenal last fall. And it was the Gunners who had imposed their law before their audience (2-0). Water has flowed under the bridges since. Ousmane Dembélé began to stack the goals like pearls, Désiré Doué landed like a hurricane in the big world and Gianluigi Donnarumma has shown that British air could warm his gloves in these asphyxiating evenings.
Parisians will need it all, at least, and a slightly more hermetic defense than in recent weeks, to cross the turbulence that has been waiting for them to the Emirates. Arsenal may not be as sexy as Paris or Barça in their big hours, but it has the strengths to exploit the Achilles heel of this PSG.
Luis Enrique has a plan for PSG.
Luis Enrique knows it better than anyone: we will obviously talk about stopped kicks, the athletic impact, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. Minimize weaknesses, therefore, but also play on your strengths, and press those of his opponents. With the suspension of Thomas Partey and an attack where Saka is not at the same level as the others, Arsenal also has its flaws. And all these beautiful people should not forget that whatever the result, there will remain a second round in the park in a week. The balance of power will be intense, powerful, exciting. We already rub our hands.
The expected compos
Arsenal : Raya-Lewis-Skelly, Kiwior, Saliba, Timber-Merino, Rice, Ødegaard-Martinelli, Trossard, Saka.
PSG : Donnarumma – Nuno Mendes, Pacho, Marquinhos, Hakimi – Vitinha, Ruiz, Neves – Doué, Dembélé, Doué, Kvaratskhelia.
Where to see the match?
This semi-final go to the Champions League between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain will be broadcast this Tuesday evening on Canal + Foot, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to look at it on the group's streaming platform, MyCanal.
