After the end of the Group stages the UCL finally returns with the Round of 16 ties, and what away to start with Paris St Germain vs Real Madrid. Will this be Messi’s time to shine and PSG’s year to get a Star-studded team with their huge potential to find the right balance.
PSG vs Real Madrid, 8pm GMT 15/02/22
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid will lock horns on Tuesday night, with both teams looking to secure an advantage in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
The home side finished second in Group A to secure their spot in the first knockout round, while 13-time winners Real Madrid claimed first position in Group D to progress to the round of 16.
PSG are desperate to finally lift the European Cup, which has been their aim since becoming a European superpower, and it will be fascinating to see their approach to the first leg, as the fact that the reverse match is at Bernabeu does hand Real Madrid a slight advantage.
After signing Lionel Messi last summer with the view to the Argentine helping them finally win the Champions League, it would be fair to say that the French giants would be full of confidence heading into the quarter-finals.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid side comfortably topped Group D with 15 points to advance to the knockout round of the competition, and they are chasing a double this season, currently sitting top of La Liga, four points ahead of second-placed Sevilla following Saturday’s goalless draw with Villarreal.
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Paris Saint-Germain predicted starting 11:
Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes; Verratti, Gueye, Wijnaldum; Messi, Mbappe, Di Maria
Real Madrid predicted starting 11:
Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius
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