Paris Saint Germain has a good opportunity to raise the spirits of the team and the fans: a visit to the Olympic Marseilletheir classic rival, to stretch the difference at the top of Ligue 1. The Parisian team is the only leader with 57 points, while the local team is the immediate follower, five units away. Lionel Messi goes to the headline, just like Kylian Mbappe.
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The game will be played at the Stade Velodrome, in Marseille, from 4:45 p.m. on television ESPN y Star+. The match referee is Clement Turpin.
The last clash between the two was three weeks ago in the same stadium, for the round of 16 of the French Cup. That day, Marseille eliminated PSG after beating them 2-1 with goals from Alexis Sánchez and Ruslan Malinovskiy, while Sergio Ramos had scored the temporary tie.
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Confirmed formation of Olympique de Marseille
These are the eleven players that Igor Tudor chose to face PSG:
Paul Lopez; Eric Bailly, Leonard Balerdi; Matthew Guendouzi, Valentin Rongier, Jordan Veretout, Nuno Tavares; Cengiz Ünder, Russian Malinovsky; Alexis Sanchez.
Confirmed formation of PSG
Christophe Galtier decided that these are the eleven players who will wear the Paris Saint-Germain shirt:
Gianluigi Donnarumma; North Mukiele, Presnel Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Sergio Ramos, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Marco Verratti, Fabian Ruiz; Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.
The last duel between PSG and Marseille
On February 8, just three weeks ago, Paris Saint-Germain was left out of the French Cup after falling 2-1 at the hands of its classic rival, Olympique de Marseille. That shock lasts until today, since the Parisian team accumulates four falls so far this year, the same as in all of 2022.
Will Lionel Messi stay in Paris?
The Argentine star’s contract expires in just a few months: at the end of June he will be a free player and can already negotiate with a new club under those conditions. In Europe they affirm that the negotiations between Jorge Messi -father and representative of Leo- with PSG are not advancing and that a proposal has come from Barcelona, who wants him “back home”.