Luis Enrique has named his 22-man PSG squad for Tuesday evening's Champions League semi-final first leg encounter against Arsenal. A crucial match in the calendar for both teams, .
The sides have already met in the competition this season, with the Gunners running out 2-0 winners in the league phase at the beginning of October. will be hopeful of a similar result on Tuesday as they bid to take a lead with them to Paris for next Wednesday's return leg.
side have had plenty of time to prepare for the Champions League showdown after having the weekend off due to Crystal Palace's involvement in the FA Cup semi-finals. .
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PSG, on the other hand, faced two games last week as they drew away at Nantes and then lost 3-1 at home to Nice on Friday evening. It was their first defeat of the Ligue 1 campaign but Enrique admitted after the game that their attention immediately turns to the Arsenal encounter.
"We are feeling very frustrated right now," he said, as reported by . "That's football. We have to accept the result and congratulate Nice because they were clinical in taking their chances. But I think overall, we deserved to win.
"Our performance was very good, but the result doesn't reflect that. That's the way football is sometimes and you have to accept the result when you don't take your chances. I don't think today's result is a fair one, but now we have to focus on our recovery and turn attentions to the next match in London. We will be ready, for sure."
Here is the PSG squad Enrique has selected to face Arsenal:
Goalkeepers: Donnarumma, Safonov, Arnau Tenas.
Defenders: Hakimi, L Hernandez, Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Pacho, Nuno Mendes.
Midfielders: Mayulu, Zaire-Emery, Fabian, Vitinha, Joao Neves.
Attackers: Barcolo, Kvaratskhelia, G Ramos, Dembele, Mbaye, Doue, Lee Kang-in.
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