Paris Saint-Germain are about to face another difficult challenge on Saturday as they travel to Monaco for the Ligue 1 derby against the red and whites.Kylian Mbappe will likely miss out again through injury and has been joined by Lionel Messi, with Neymar being the only member of the superstar trio to carry the team in their absence.Shock in Paris: How will PSG face Bayern without Messi and Mbappe?!”You have to find the right words and make a realistic analysis of the match we lost against Olympique Marseille in midweek,” said Christophe Galtier at Friday’s PSG press conference. “We also have to look ahead to Monaco, who are a quality team. We have to talk with the players about what did not work against Marseille. We cannot do anything about our elimination from the Coupe de France, we have to focus on what comes next, and Monaco. We have to keep cool and work on what we can do better. We have got an intense run of games. Monaco did not play in the week. We have to use as many players as possible and exploit the physical and mental freshness of everyone to get through this run of matches.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7014763####EDITORS_CHOICE##”We will perhaps have to play in a different way given the injuries and abilities of the players,” added the French tactician. “Of course, Messi will be a miss against Monaco, but it is part of being a coach to deal with those sorts of things. We have to make a big effort to be better mentally and to win more challenges in midfield. We should expect the same kind of match as against Marseille but with different characteristics. They are a team that presses a lot, play high up the pitch with man-to-man marking in zones. There is a lot of attacking quality with several players who can feature up front. They are capable of being dangerous at any time, but we can cause Monaco problems and we have to show a different face to the one shown at the Velodrome.”Malinoviskyi’s thunderbolt and mistake by Ramos bring Marseille the win over PSGUnlike Messi and Mbappe, Presnel Kimpembe is finally back in the squad after months of absence. Having suffered a muscular injust in late September, he returned in late October before suffering a fresh injury against Troyes. Despite the concerns, Kimpembe was still called up by Didier Deschamps for the World Cup. Injury problems for Paris and maybe FranceHowever, just days later, Kimpembe was deemed insufficiently fit to make the trip to Qatar and subsequently replaced by Axel Disasi. Kimpembe has been struggling with recovery, suffering from the tendon injury and feeling discomfort in his other Achilles tendon. But now, finally, he seems fit enough just in time to make his presence visible on the pitch ahead of the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday. LIGUE 1 – Matchday 23Friday23.00: (1.60) Nice (3.60) Ajaccio (6.75)Saturday19.00: (2.70) Monaco (3.15) PSG (2.70)23.00: (5.40) Clermont (3.70) Olympique Marseille (1.75)Sunday15.00: (3.05) Toulouse (3.40) Rennes (2.45)17.00: (2.35) Angers (3.25) Auxerre (3.40)17.00: (1.50) Lille (4.30) Strasbourg (7.75)17.00: (2.50) Montpellier (3.20) Brest (2.95)17.00: (1.58) Reims (4.20) Troyes (6.50)19.05: (2.05) Nantes (3.50) Lorient (3.90)22.45: (2.40) Olympique Lyon (3.30) Lens (3.00)***odds are subject to change
