This Wednesday, in the second leg of their 2025-2026 Champions League semi-final (Paris Saint-Germain won the first leg 5-4), Paris Saint-Germain will face Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena (kick-off at 9 pm, CET). Ahead of this match, the press has been trying to predict the starting lineup that Parisian coach Luis Enrique will field.
Le Parisien (4-3-3) –
Kvaratskhelia – Dembélé – Doué
Ruiz – Vitinha – Neves
Mendes – Pacho – Marquinhos – Zaïre-Emery
Safonov.
L’Equipe (4-3-3) –
Kvaratskhelia – Dembélé – Doué
Zaïre-Emery – Vitinha – Neves
Mendes – Pacho – Marquinhos – Hakimi
Safonov
As always, nothing is certain with these teams. For that, we have to wait for the official announcement about an hour before the match. And even then, there might still be some doubts about the exact starting positions of certain players.
Here, we keep in mind that Luis Enrique isn’t one to leak information to the press and that he knows how to surprise us. Even so, we have a pretty good idea of most of the choices and which players might be in doubt. Particularly between Bradley Barcola and Désiré Doué, although the latter could also start in midfield to avoid being overwhelmed by Bayern. It also depends on each player’s exact form, like Fabian Ruiz, who didn’t seem quite ready for the pace of such a match in the first leg.
