As expected, Marco Verratti and Alessandro Florenzi are in the PSG starting XI with Moise Kean on the bench for the Champions League semi-final with Manchester City.

The first leg kicks off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Parc des Princes.

There are three Italians in the Paris Saint-Germain squad, with two of them in the starting XI, as Florenzi takes the right-back role.

Verratti is a trequartista behind striker Kylian Mbappé, supported by Neymar and Angel Di Maria.

As expected, Marco Verratti and Alessandro Florenzi are in the PSG starting XI with Moise Kean on the bench for the Champions League semi-final with Manchester City.

The first leg kicks off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Parc des Princes.

There are three Italians in the Paris Saint-Germain squad, with two of them in the starting XI, as Florenzi takes the right-back role.

Verratti is a trequartista behind striker Kylian Mbappé, supported by Neymar and Angel Di Maria.

As predicted, Mitchel Bakker gets the nod at left-back rather than Abdou Diallo.

Manchester City don’t pull surprises either, with 20-year-old Phil Foden winning new fans in the trident attack with Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva.

Kevin de Bruyne pulls the midfield strings, with ex-Juventus and Inter full-back Joao Cancelo also starting.

PSG: Navas; Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Bakker; Paredes, Gueye; Neymar, Verratti, Di Maria; Mbappé

PSG bench: Rico, Kehrer, Icardi, Rafinha, Danilo, Kean, Sarabia, Kurzawa, Herrera, Diallo, Draxler, Dagba

Manchester city: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Foden

Man City bench: Steffen, Trafford, Ake, Sterling, Jesus, Aguero, Zinchenko, Laporte, Ferran Torres, B Mendy, Fernandinho, E Garcia

Ref: Brych (GER)

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