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Key events
Pendent clock. This must surely be the funniest commemorative flag in European Cup history. Does this count as psychedelic? Probably not, although you wouldn’t want to stare at it for too long after a cup of strong tea and a hand-rolled cigarette.
PSG make two changes to their starting XI after last week’s first leg. Gonzalo Ramos and Lucas Beraldo come in for Bradley Barcola, who drops to the bench, and Lucas Hernandez, who tore his ACL in Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund are in If Not Broken mode. They name the exact same XI that started their victory at the Westfalenstadion. Meanwhile, they beat Augsburg 5-1 in the Bundesliga; PSG did not play last weekend.
The teams
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Fabian, Dembele, Goncalo Ramos, Mbappe.
Subs: Navas, Ugarte, Asensio, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Muani, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Barcola, Skriniar, Zaghe, Tenas.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel, Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterback, Maatsen, Sabitzer, Can, Sancho, Brand, Adeyemi, Fulkrug.
Reserves: Yozcan, Nmecha, Haller, Reus, Wolff, Mukoko, Malen, Sule, Meyer, Laurence Lotka, Watjen, Binoe-Gitens.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy).
Preamble
Last Wednesday it happened…
… and if tonight’s return at the Parc des Princes turns out to be even half as much fun, we’ll be lucky indeed. Will Niclas Füllkrug score another peach? Can Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi hit the inside of both posts again within ten seconds? Will referee Daniele Orsato (Italy) prove a more competent official than Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)? The answers are maybe, probably not, and yes, of course. Kick-off in Paris is 20:00 BST, 21:00 local time. It’s on!
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