Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal has been confirmed, with the team travelling to London on Monday.
With their squad travelling to London ahead of Tuesday’s game against Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain’s official social media accounts have confirmed the players called up for the match:
Donnarumma, Hakimi, Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Kvaratskhelia, F. Ruiz, G. Ramos, Dembele, Doue, Vitinha, Lee Kang-In, L. Hernandez, Mayulu, Mendes, Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Beraldo, Safonov, Mbaye, Pacho, Arnau Tenas, J. Neves
The squad only includes a couple of changes compared to the one that faced OGC Nice on Friday, with Ibrahim Mbaye and Arnau Tenas both added.
Tenas is PSG’s third-choice goalkeeper, with the extra room in the Champions League squads leading most clubs to include three keepers rather than the usual two.
Mbaye is a 17-year-old forward with one senior goal, and he was also on the bench for PSG against Liverpool and Aston Villa in previous rounds. He even made the squad against Arsenal back in October, but he didn’t come on.
There are evidently no new injury problems for PSG after the weekend, so they’ll be at full strength for their second visit of the season to north London.
Though Arsenal did win that match 2-0, PSG were without Ousmane Dembele, Presnel Kimpembe, Goncalo Ramos, Lucas Hernandez, and January signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at the time.
Those are some pretty key additions to the team this time around, so it promises to be a difficult tie.