The treat. Once again. As they had done on Monday evening at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, the PSG players again played the card of seduction last night in Japan. A few hours after leaving the Japanese capital by triggering a mini-riot at the start of the Shinkansen, the local TGV, the French champion trained again in public after taking up residence at the Swisshotel in Osaka. On the lawn of Panasonic Stadium, where they will face Gamba Osaka this Monday (12 p.m. in France), Christophe Galtier’s troops did not spare their efforts to please the 17,916 spectators who had paid 4,500 yen (32 euros) to attend the ultimate Parisian training on Japanese land.
Kalimuendo in shape
A session once again placed under the sign of good humor and at the end of which the Parisian coach endeavored to work on the ball lifts and the animation of those who should start this last friendly test against Gamba. A final meeting which will look like a rehearsal before the Champions Trophy scheduled for Sunday evening in Tel Aviv against FC Nantes. With the exception of Kylian Mbappé, suspended for the meeting against the Canaries and used for just over an hour on Saturday in the success against the Urawa Red Diamonds (3-0), Galtier should renew the standard team aligned at the start of the internship. Donnarumma, designated number one, would thus regain his place in goal behind the Ramos – Marquinhos – Kimpembe triplet.
If Leandro Paredes has trained normally, however, he still seems a bit tight to start. The midfield should therefore be entrusted to the Gueye – Vitinha pair, Marco Verratti not necessarily having the legs to start again just 48 hours after his first match of the season. Lionel Messi will be at the helm behind an unprecedented tandem since Neymar should team up with Arnaud Kalimuendo. Already the author of two goals in two games, the striker back from loan from Lens is also in brilliant form. “Since the start of the recovery, he has been very present and takes advantage of the lesser playing time to be effective,” said his new coach. So much so that Galtier assures that “he is a player who is enormously in demand, by French or foreign clubs. »
The probable line-up against Gamba Osaka: Donnarumma – Ramos, Marquinhos, Kimpembe – Hakimi, Gueye or Verratti, Vitinha, Mendes – Messi – Neymar, Kalimuendo.