The South American qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar caused great worries to the coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine expert cannot rely on his best players for tonight’s (22.00) first match of the 10th round of the French Ligue 1. Due to the late return from the other continent – Neymar, Lionel Messi, Marquinhos, Leandro Paredes and Angel di Maria, who played for their national teams the night before – will not be in the line-up.With the absence of the South Americans, Costa Rican Kaylor Navas is also out due to injury, so the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma, who expressed dissatisfaction with the role of the second goalkeeper at the beginning of the season, will start between the posts. One of the major signings, the one from Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, has not yet made his debut. The Spanish veteran is expected to finally run onto the pitch at the end of the month.We will see Neymar around for some time, Pochettino believesPochettino has some work to do in order to fins the right formula.“It’s up to us to adapt. It’s obviously frustrating not having the players that you’d like, but that’s the way it is.“The football authorities have got to work together so that domestic teams aren’t penalised after internationals.”We have a big squad and so the match against Angers will be a chance for others to be competitive and show what they’re worth.”Pochettino barely had a double-digit number of players in training for the previous two weeks. Achraf Hakimi, Abdo Diallo, Idrisa Gueye and Nuno Mendes are also tired after their national teams’ actions. Frenchmen Kylian Mbappe and Presnel Kimpembe and the Italians Donnarumma and Marco Veratti are in a slightly better situation – they had five days to rest after the finals of the Nations League tournament.🚨 PSG’s squad to face Angers. #PSG pic.twitter.com/tTMhHx6GaO— Prime Sports News (@PrimeSportsNewx) October 15, 2021 Due to a severe knee injury and after a year off the pitch, Spanish full-back Juan Bernat is competing for his spot on the team again. Apart from Mbappe, Argentine Mauro Icardi, who has not been part of the Gauchos for several years, is expected in the offensive pinnacle.Gérald Baticle and his Angers side lie fourth after nine games with 16 points garnered against some of the putative heavyweights in the division – they beat Lyon 3-0, saw off Rennes 2-0 and played out a goalless draw with Marseille.But the absence of star names, said Baticle, does not mean an easy game.“PSG still have a very high level,” he added. “There are still about 15 internationals who are there to cause us problems. The quality of their team will be very high.“And of course being a football man, I regret not being able to meet Messi, but I am also a coach and what interests me is the PSG players on the field.“What interests me is the patterns and tactics they’ll use to make up for his absence.”First ever World Cup happening in November-December pressures associations worldwide to adaptAngers have not beaten Paris Saint-Germain since January 1975 – or 21 matches in a row. The Parisians have 12 consecutive victories against today’s rival. Last season, they won in Ligue 1 with 6:1 at Park de Princes and 1:0 in Angers, while they thrashed their tonight’s guests in the quarterfinals of the French Cup at home – 5:0.LIGUE 1 – ROUND 10Friday22:00: (1.35) PSG (5.50) Angers (9.50)Saturday18:00: (3.35) Clermont (3.30) Lille (2.35)22:00: (2.30) Olympique Lyon (3.50) Monaco (3.25)Sunday14:00: (4.20) Troyes (3.60) Nice (1.95)16:00: (2.10) Strasbourg (3.50) Saint-Etienne (3.80)16:00: (2.85) Bordeaux (3.15) Nantes (2.75)16:00: (2.50) Brest (3.10) Reims (3.25)16:00: (5.00) Metz (3.50) Rennes (1.85)18:00: (3.00) Montpellier (3.40) Lens (2.50)21:45: (1.55) Olympique Marseille (4.30) Lorient (6.75)
