Mbappe, Neymar likely to start against depleted Strasbourg
Written By Uche Dozie
As the French Ligue 1 set to take centre stage on Wednesday evening with the resumption of the league after the World Cup in Qatar, PSG versus Strasbourg is one fixture to look out for.
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The match 16 fixture pitches league table toppers, Paris Saint Germaine against RC Stratbourg who occupy the 19th position on the log.
A peep into the camp of PSG shows that World Cup returnees, Neymar Junior of Brazil and Kylian Mbappe of France are set to start the clash at the Parc des Princes.
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Christophe Galtier is set to involve the two stars who have just returned a couple days to the training camp in the start of the clash against the Les Bleu et Blanc.
Galtier disclosed his intention to include the duo in the starting eleven in the pre match conference on Tuesday.
Apart from having the World Cup highest goal scorer and Brazil’s star man in the line up, Marquinhos is also in line to have a stake in the game pairing with Sergio Ramos in defense.
Meanwhile…
It is not the best of stories for their opponents, Strasbourg as the strugglers sweat over some of their key players as they are set to be without Thomas Delaine, Colin Dagba, Maxime Le Marchand and Dimitri Liénard as well as Ronaël Pierre- Gabriel for the trip to the Parc des Princes.
Defenders, Thomas Delaine with quadriceps and Colin Dagba with calf injuries are all ruled out for the Alsatian team.
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Central defender Maxime Le Marchand with back and the versatile Dimitri Liénard (psoas), while Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel is suspended.
The Racing coach, disclosed at a press conference on Tuesday: “ We only have four central defenders left ( Alexander Djiku, Lucas Perrin, Ismaël Doukouré, Gerzino Nyamsi) and a right side(Karol Fila).
It’s upsetting because some will have to get used to a new position and fortunately we thought about another organization (4-4-2 in diamond, rather than 3-5-2 ) given the lack in the corridors.”
They are also without second choice goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and attacking midfielder Nordine Kandil, who are not fit for the tie.
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