>> The essential
- PSG play their first game of the year this Wednesday against Saint-Etienne. All eyes will obviously be on the Paris bench, where Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino will take his seat for the first time.
- Third in the standings, the Parisians are one point behind Lyon and its runner-up from Lille, who are also playing tonight.
- Fourteenth in the standings, Claude Puel’s men remain on a series of six games without defeat. But they had to settle for five draws on this series.
>> Follow the match live, minute by minute:
12 ‘. Now it’s time for Moulin to shine. On a corner, always, Di Maria finds the head of his captain Marquinhos. Reflex stop of the Stéphanois porter! Just before, he had already imposed a firm hand against Moise Kean. The guards are hot tonight!
7 ‘Huge parade of Navas. On a corner, Moukoudi places a big ball full axis. The Parisian doorman saves his people.
5 ‘. The Parisians try to launch a long possession streak but fail to find the opening.
2 ‘. First corner, for the Stéphanois following a free kick. Hamouma takes care of it but Herrera clears the ball. The Greens want to show their ambitions from the first minutes of the match.
1 ‘. Let’s go to Geoffroy Guichard!
8:55 p.m. Kick-off in five short minutes! On the whistle tonight, Mr. Karim Abed.
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8:51 p.m. Back to basics. Parisian supporters remember it perfectly: Mauricio Pochettino wore the PSG jersey in the early 2000s. Between 2001 and 2003, he played 95 games, scoring 5 times.
8:45 p.m. The Parisians warming up before the start of the match. In the center of the image, Marco Verratti who could be given the keys to the Parisian game this evening. Pochettino would consider playing him a little higher. Answer in 15 short minutes!
8:40 p.m. A point on the evening compositions.
PSG 11: Navas – Bakker, Marquinhos (c.), Kehrer, Dagba – Herrera, Verratti, Gueye – Mbappé, Kean, Di Maria.
ASSE 11: Moulin – Debuchy, Moukoudi, Retsos, Kolodziejczak, Gourna, Youssouf, Monnet-Paquet, Nordin, Hamouma, Bouanga.
8:25 p.m. Neymar absent this evening. The Parisian star has not recovered from his injury, contracted during the match against Lyon. Di Maria, Kean and Mbappé should take care of the offensive animation.
8:20 p.m. The premiere of Pochettino. Once is not customary, one of the main interests of this match remains the first of the Argentine coach on the Parisian bench. He was officially appointed PSG coach replacing Thomas Tuchel.
8:15 p.m. Good evening and welcome to the Parisien website to follow with us the 18th day of the championship and the match between AS Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint-Germain.