By the Parisians’ own admission, by winning 1-0 against Brest on Sunday, PSG secured a new French champion title, the fifth in a row and the 14the of its history. Luis Enrique thus confided at the end of the match against the Bretons that the title was 99.9% assured.
As many observers feared when the postponement of the match was announced to allow PSG to prepare for their quarter-final return against Liverpool, the clash against Lens has lost all or almost all its interest. Luis Enrique and his men now only have the Champions League final against Arsenal in mind and the Spanish coach will be able to turn things around against the Sang et Or.
Senny Mayulu right defender
Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Warren Zaire-Emery, Achraf Hakimi, Lucas Chevalier and Quentin Ndjantou will thus be absent even though the first three mentioned have not “nothing serious”.
No risks will be taken even if it means playing with a completely reworked absence.
Thus, while Lucas Beraldo and Illya Zabarnyi will be associated in the central hinge, Senny Mayulu will help out on the right flank of the defense and Lucas Hernandez will replace Nuno Mendes on the left side.
In midfield, if Joao Neves and Vitinha should hold their place, the same will not be true of Fabian Ruiz and it is the very young Dro Fernandez who will be lined up alongside the two Portuguese. The attack will look great. Indeed, Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia should start the meeting.
The probable line-up of PSG against RC Lens:
Safonov – Mayulu, Zabarnyi, Beraldo, Hernandez – Neves, Vitinha, Fernandez – Doué, Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia
