By Darwin Largo
Champions League Group E is the toughest group in the tournament. There are the French Ligue 1 champions (Paris Saint-Germain), one of the best teams in Italy (AC Milan), the last runners-up in Germany (Borussia Dortmund) and the surprising Newcastle, who last season had great performances in the Premier League.
So it is no surprise that things are so even between them. After three games, the gap between the leaders of the standings (PSG) and the last ones (AC Milan) is only 4 points. And this Tuesday they will face each other at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, so anything can happen.
The Parisian side have won both matches they played at the Parc des Princes, but when they left France they suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat against Newcastle. And the Italians have yet to win a match in the tournament; they barely managed two draws and one defeat, precisely in Paris two weeks ago.
For this match, Luis Enrique decided that PSG's starting lineup will be: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Milan Skriniar, Lucas Hernandez; Warren Zaire-Emery, Manuel Ugarte, Vitinha; Ousmane Dembélé, Randal Kolo Muani, Kylian Mbappé. Also on the bench will be Arnau Tenas, Alexandre Letellier, Nordi Mukiele, Fabian Ruiz, Carlos Soler, Kang-In Lee, Goncalo Ramos and Bradley Barcola.
AC Milan have no choice but to get a win this Tuesday against PSG. Otherwise, their chances of advancing to the Champions League round of 16 will be minimal. Coach Stefano Pioli chose this XI: Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Ruben Loftus Cheek, Yunus Musah, Tijjani Reijnders; Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao. Substitutes will be Antonio Mirante, Lapo Francesco Maria Nava, Davide Bartesaghi, Alessandro Florenzi, Rade Krunic, Yacine Adli, Tommaso Pobega, Luka Jovic, Samuel Chukwueze and Noah Okafor.
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