Paris Saint-Germain are on a 10-game successful streak heading into their Champions League conflict with Liverpool, having crushed Lille 4-1 on Saturday.
Wednesday night time pits the leaders of the Premier League and Ligue 1 in opposition to one another for the primary leg of the Champions League final 16.
Liverpool and PSG are each overwhelming favourites to win their respective leagues and on Saturday the latter took a step nearer to creating it 4 titles in a row.
PSG did so on the expense of Lille, who’re the newest membership to interrupt their Ligue 1 monopoly having gained the title themselves in 2020/21.
Luis Enrique made six adjustments from the aspect that thrashed fourth-tier Stade Briochin 7-0 within the French Cup quarter-finals in midweek, with solely Achraf Hakimi, Lucas Beraldo, Joao Neves, Fabian Ruiz and Goncalo Ramos beginning each.
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Need Doue, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele all got here again into the lineup.
PSG XI vs. Lille: Donnarumma; Hakimi (Zaire-Emery 62′), Marquinhos, Beraldo, Mendes (Pacho 62′); Ruiz, Doue (Lee 75′), Neves (Vitinha 63′); Dembele (Kvaratskhelia 63′), Barcola, Ramos
Subs not used: Safonov, Mayulu, Kimpembe, Hernandez
Nearly all of these gamers are prone to begin in opposition to Liverpool on Wednesday night time, and can accomplish that in supreme kind after a 4-1 victory on the Parc des Princes.
Barcola, Marquinhos, Dembele and Doue all discovered the again of the web within the first half, with Jonathan David’s late strike a mere comfort for Lille.
PSG’s snug lead allowed Enrique to make 4 adjustments on the hour mark, with Hakimi, Mendes, Dembele and Neves all introduced off.
Those that got here on didn’t weaken the aspect in any respect, nonetheless, with Warren Zaire-Emery, Willian Pacho, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Vitinha taking on.
The outcome prolonged PSG’s lead on the high of Ligue 1 to 16 factors forward of second-placed Marseille’s conflict with Nantes on Sunday night time, with solely six extra wins from their remaining 10 video games required to ensure the title.
PSG at the moment are unbeaten in 22 video games, with 10 wins in a row and just one draw of their final 20 – they’re but to style defeat in Ligue 1 and are tied with Liverpool and Galatasaray with the second-longest unbeaten streak in a European league (24 video games).
“We’re not going to vary a lot, at the moment was a take a look at,” Enrique stated after the sport, per L’Equipe.
“Liverpool and Lille have similarities. We put them beneath such strain that they might not play from the again, they needed to play lengthy.
“It will likely be totally different, it is going to be very difficult after all, however we’re in the perfect interval of the season.
“We’ll play in opposition to the perfect workforce in Europe, who certified brilliantly, however it’s not in our mentality to take a position, shield ourselves, keep defensive.
“We’ll assault and we are going to attempt to flip that in our favour.”
He added: “I do know Liverpool very effectively, no doubt they’re the workforce in the perfect kind in Europe each by way of outcomes and play.
“It might have been a Champions League closing, we’re going to attempt to do it with our weapons.”
