This Monday, as part of Matchday 3 of the 2025 Club World Cup group stage, Paris Saint-Germain (1st) take on the Seattle Sounders (11th) at Lumen Field (kick-off 9pm CET, broadcast on DAZN). On the eve of the match, the press tried to guess the team that will be fielded by Paris coach Luis Enrique.
Le Parisien (4-3-3) –
Barcola – Kvaratskhelia – Doué
Ruiz – Vitinha – Neves
Mendes – Pacho – Marquinhos – Hakimi
Donnarumma
L’Equipe (4-3-3) –
Barcola – Ramos – Doué
Lee – Neves – Ruiz
Mendes – Beraldo – Marquinhos – Zaïre-Emery
Donnarumma
Each team seems possible, but it’s impossible to be certain, as the Spanish coach doesn’t usually let anything slip. And we’ve already seen that he knows how to surprise. There’s simply an overall idea taking shape.
PSG have ambitions and need to win to ensure qualification, so they should field a competitive line-up. But we mustn’t forget to give some of the players a bit of a breather as the games come thick and fast at the end of this already intense season. And that’s without forgetting to concern everyone. We’ll have to wait until about an hour before tonight’s match to be sure of Luis Enrique’s choices.
Here, we’d be quite surprised to see the Parisian’s XI with no rotation, but L’Equipe’s also has some surprising points. Like Warren Zaïre-Emery at right-back, whereas João Neves has been more convincing in this role, and lately it’s the Titi who has stayed in midfield when Achraf Hakimi needed a breather. But it’s not impossible.
