This Saturday, on Matchday 1 of Ligue 1 2025-2026, Paris Saint-Germain will face Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire (kick-off at 8:45 p.m., CET). Ahead of this match, the press tried to guess the team that Parisian coach Luis Enrique will field.
Le Parisien (4-3-3) –
Barcola – Ramos – Mbaye
Doué – Vitinha – Lee
Beraldo – Pacho – Zabarnyi – Zaïre-Emery
Chevalier
L’Equipe (4-3-3) –
Mbaye – Ramos – Doué
Ruiz – Vitinha – Zaïre-Emery
Hernandez – Pacho – Zabarnyi – Hakimi
Chevalier.
Given the absentees, any team is a possibility. But we can only remain cautious, since coach Luis Enrique knows how to surprise the media, his opponents, and his fans. He has established a fierce competition based on matches and training sessions. There’s also physical management here with players we don’t have at our disposal. Not to mention analyzing the opposing team and the crucial spaces to use.
We’ll therefore wait for certainties, particularly regarding Ilya Zabarnyi. The 22-year-old defender has the advantage of having completed a comprehensive preseason, except that he’s not yet fully adapted to the game, and it’s not easy to “take out” one of the starters. He will still need playing time to progress. At least one substitute is expected.
On the attacking side, one might wonder if Gonçalo Ramos (24-year-old striker) and Lee Kang-in (24-year-old midfielder/forward) could play more this time after strong performances in the European Super Cup against Tottenham on Wednesday. A starting role would make sense. Seeing Doué on the right and Mbaye on the left a little less, since it was the other way around when they played together on Wednesday.
