Vannes receives PSG this Monday at 9:10 p.m. in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. The capital club disclosed this Monday morning the group of 23 players summoned by Mauricio Pochettino for this first meeting in 2022. It has four goalkeepers. But the surprise is elsewhere. The Argentine coach has selected four South Americans: Marquinhos, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi, Angel Di Maria.
However, they are the ones who resumed the latest since they had the right to an additional day of vacation, with return to the Camp des Loges on Sunday January 2. If the captain’s presence seems logical, that of the others is more astonishing. They could start the game on the bench. Keylor Navas, he had anticipated the call and was in training from January 1. Recall that for this Vannes – PSG, the Parisian club is deprived of four players affected by Covid-19: Leo Messi, Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and Nathan Bitumazala. As revealed by leparisien.fr, Danilo Pereira was placed in solitary confinement as a precaution. He is finally positive, becoming the fifth case recorded at PSG in this new year.
Sergio Ramos is suspended.
The Parisian troupe gives a large place to young people, from Sekou Yansané to Ismaël Gharbi via Edouard Michut or El Chadaille Bitshiabu. Note, it is very rare this season that Layvin Kurzawa comes out of purgatory to join the group while he and his employer oppose a transfer, PSG wishing to sell him. He has not played since the Champions Trophy, where it had been used for only 9 minutes.
The full group: Keylor Navas, Presnel Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Marco Verratti, Kylian Mbappé, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi, Angel Di Maria, Colin Dagba, Georginio Wijnaldum, Layvin Kurzawa, Ander Herrera, Thilo Kehrer, Nuno Mendes, Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe , El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Sekou Yansané, Xavi Simons, Ismaël Gharbi, Édouard Michut, Denis Franchi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Lucas Lavallée.