This is one of the most awaited posters by the followers of Ligue 1. AS Saint-Étienne welcomes Paris SG this Wednesday, in Geoffroy-Guichard, on behalf of the 18th day. A shock synonymous with a first on the Parisian bench for Mauricio Pochettino, who arrived just a few days ago to replace Thomas Tuchel. Obviously, the first of the Argentine will be scrutinized. And his first eleven was especially eagerly awaited. Keylor Navas unsurprisingly started in goal, behind a line of four, with, from right to left, Colin Dagba, Thilo Kehrer, Marquinhos and Mitchel Bakker. In the middle, Idrissa Gueye starts alongside Ander Herrera and Marco Verratti. In attack, it is an Angel Di Maria-Kylian Mbappé-Moise Kean trio that emerges.
In short, not really a revolution. It must be said that the infirmary has not been empty since the appointment of the former manager of Tottenham (Neymar, Icardi, Kimpembe, Paredes, Kurzawa, Danilo, Florenzi, Rafinha and Bernat are absent for this first). In Saint-Étienne also, Claude Puel has to face several absences (Yvann Maçon and Wahbi Khazri injured, Mahdi Camara and Yvan Neyou suspended). The Stéphanois coach protects Jessy Moulin with a defense at 5, with Harold Moukoudi, Timothée Kolodziejczak and Retsos in the center, as well as Mathieu Debuchy and Monnet-Paquet on the flanks. In the midfield, youngsters Zaydou Youssouf and Lucas Gourna-Douath accompany Romain Hamouma, behind the pair Denis Bouanga-Arnaud Nordin.
Team compositions:
ASSE: Moulin – Debuchy, Moukoudi, Kolo, Retsos, Monnet-Paquet – Youssouf, Gourna-Douath, Hamouma – Nordin, Bouanga
PSG: Navas – Dagba, Marquinhos, Kehrer, Bakker – Herrera, Verratti, Gueye – Di Maria, Kean, Mbappé