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Here is Mbappé, PSG face AC Milan and these are the starting lineups

The French side need a win to get closer to the round of 16.

By Darwin Largo

The French side need a win to get closer to the round of 16.

Group F is unanimously considered the most difficult and evenly matched group of Champions League 2023/24. There are the last French Ligue 1 champions (Paris Saint-Germain), the last German Bundesliga runners-up (Borussia Dortmund), one of the best teams in Italian Serie A (AC Milan) and the most surprising team of last season in England (Newcastle).

 

And the results in the first matches proved those who believed this to be true: the games have been very even and it is difficult to know who will be the two teams that will qualify for the round of 16. For now the leaders of the standings are Newcastle with 4 points, then PSG with 3, AC Milan with 2 and Borussia Dortmund with only one.

The French side suffered a tough defeat in England in their last match that caused criticism to coach Luis Enrique and Kylian Mbappé. So now at the Parc des Princes they will have to show that they are recovered, that they are superior to AC Milan and that they are ready to compete with the best teams in Europe to win the Champions League for the first time.

For this match, the coach decided that the starting lineup will be: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Milan Skriniar, Marquinhos, Lucas Hernandez; Warren Zaire Emery, Manuel Ugarte, Vitinha; Ousmane Dembele, Randal Kolo Muani, Kylian Mbappé.

 

They have yet to win

AC Milan drew the two matches they played in group F (0-0 vs Newcastle in Italy and 0-0 against Borussia Dortmund in Germany). That's why they need a win that will bring them closer to the top of the standings. Coach Stefano Pioli chose this starting lineup: Mike Maignan; Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Malick Thiaw, Filayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Yunus Musah, Rade Krunic, Tijjani Reijnders, Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao.

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