PSG vs Actual Madrid LIVE: Champions League staff information and lineups tonight

Actual Madrid went early tonight, naming their beginning XI for the sport on the Parc des Princes – and the large information is Karim Benzema is match and advantageous to play.

For PSG, Angel Di Maria stays within the aspect and Danilo and Paredes each begin – no Gini Wijnaldum or Neymar within the aspect for Mauricio Pochettino. No Sergio Ramos towards his previous aspect, both.

PSG XI: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Verratti, Paredes, Danilo, Mbappe, Di Maria, Messi

Actual XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Miltao, Alaba, Mendy, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

Actual Madrid will probably be hoping key ahead Karim Benzema is match to return for his or her Champions League last-16 match towards PSG on Tuesday evening, whereas PSG themselves are hoping the identical is true of Neymar.

Each golf equipment are prime of their respective home leagues, Actual with a four-point lead in LaLiga and PSG an enormous 13 clear in Ligue 1.

All the most recent staff information – plus TV data, odds and the whole lot else you should know forward of the sport – are proper right here:

There may be, most prominently, Kylian Mbappe’s pending transfer between the golf equipment. Perez will likely ask about Mbappe, however Al-Khelaifi would possibly nicely enquire about Zinedine Zidane. There’s a widespread expectation within the sport that the French legend would be the subsequent PSG supervisor, with many pondering it will likely be as early as this summer time, when Paul Pogba will virtually actually arrive on a free.

The midfielder has been a long-time Madrid participant goal, and the state of affairs might nicely free one other long-time Madrid managerial goal, in Mauricio Pochettino.

All of this illustrates how there may be arguably extra crossover between Madrid and PSG than any two golf equipment in Europe, in addition to plenty of shared and competing pursuits. Perez and Al-Khelaifi have a significantly better relationship than many would anticipate, and have shared recommendation on how they take care of the challenges of the trendy sport, however such a crossover is inevitable as they discover themselves on both aspect of probably the most vital divide in elite soccer.

Miguel Delaney explains the massive battle on the prime of the European sport:

Uefa’s choice to associate with an organization promoting cryptocurrency fan tokens has been described as “incomprehensible” by Soccer Supporters Europe.

A day after being praised for giving freely tickets to its males’s and girls’s membership competitors finals, European soccer’s governing physique has been closely criticised over a brand new settlement with Socios.com.

The sale of fan tokens – which might rise and fall in worth – has been criticised as a way of monetising fan engagement, in a largely unregulated market.

FSE condemned the partnership, which sees Socios.com grow to be Uefa’s official fan token associate, and tweeted: “That is an incomprehensible transfer at a time when soccer wants safety from crypto-mercenaries.

“Governing our bodies have an obligation to guard the integrity & sustainability of soccer & everybody related to it.

“There are numerous methods to correctly interact with followers. Encouraging followers to spend money on ‘fan tokens’ isn’t considered one of them. They solely serve the pursuits of these promoting them.”