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The Paris Saint Germain is not going through its best moment and the only way to dispel doubts regarding the team's performance is to beat Bayer Munich this Tuesday, in the round of 16 of the Champions League. February 14th is Valentine's Day and the Parisians are obligated to win at Parc des Princes if they want to regain the love of their fans.
Within this expectation, good news brightened PSG's training: Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are already training normally and everything indicates that they will start against the Germans. 'Kiki' had been injured on February 1st against Montpellier and the estimated recovery time was three weeks. From what was seen today, he is already at 100%.
Regarding 'Leo', he was not present in the last defeat against AS Monaco in Ligue 1, as he had been dealing with physical problems since the previous victory over Toulouse. Like his French teammate, '30' left good impressions during Monday's training and Christophe Galtier will be able to count on him for Tuesday.
Thus, PSG would start against Bayern Munich with the following lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal; Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, and Danilo Pereira in the defensive line; Achraf Hakimi, Fabian Ruiz, Marco Verratti, and Nuno Mendes in the midfield; Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe in the forward line.
If for some reason Galtier decides to wait a little longer for Kylian and only give him minutes in the second half, Vitinha would take his place. With this variant, the Portuguese midfielder would be positioned as an attacking midfielder, behind Messi and 'Ney'. However, it is clear that the one who will have more freedom to move around will be the Argentine.
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The challenges that PSG still faces
PSG, like every year, starts the season with a single objective in mind: to win the Champions League at all costs. For this season, they will face Bayern Munich in the round of 16 and, although the Bavarians are no longer the fearsome team of the past – without diminishing the quality of their players – the current situation they are in does not make them feel like favorites.
The 'Orejona' and Ligue 1 are the only two tournaments in which the team led by Christophe Galtier is still alive, after being eliminated from the French Cup by Olympique de Marseille. That is why the directors are pressuring from within so that anything less than a double would be considered a failure for the 56-year-old coach.
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