Real Sociedad-PSG is a match valid for the return leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League and is played Tuesday at 9 p.m.: live TV, streaming, probable formations, predictions.
An excellent first half, three weeks ago, was not enough for Real Sociedad to overturn the predictions and manage to avoid defeat at the Parc des Princes against one of the big names in European soccer as well as among the main favorites to win the cup, PSG. Imanol’s team in the first half wasted a couple of chances to take the lead and in the second half was chastened first by Mbappé and then by Barcola (2-0) and will now be forced to win by two goals or more in San Sebastian in the return match.
Since the Paris match, Real Sociedad has won only one game in four and has suffered three defeats, one of them in the King’s Cup semifinal (on penalties) with Mallorca, which cost them elimination. Oyarzabal and his teammates have taken the blow and last Saturday also fell to Sevilla (3-2), cashing their seventh league knockout. Fourth place is now unreachable – Atletico Madrid has 15 more points – and the only one still accessible seems to be sixth, currently occupied by Betis, which is only two pastes ahead. Imanol will count on his men’s desire for redemption, but above all on the very warm atmosphere of the Reale Arena, a field where in the group stage not even Simone Inzaghi’s Inter failed to get through.
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PSG, on the other hand, has shown some signs of relaxation in the last two games, drawing twice in a row with Rennes (1-1) and Monaco (0-0).
The points lead over the second one remains 9 and yet another title is not in question but the environment has not yet digested Mbappé’s decision to want to leave the club at zero and celebrate the highly anticipated marriage with Real Madrid: not surprisingly, in the days leading up to the match with Real Sociedad, fans posted banners against their champion. Luis Enrique in San Sebastian will have to do without the injured Kimpembe, Skriniar and Kurzawa, but the presence of Danilo Pereira, who is unlikely to recover, is also in doubt: in defense, alongside the returning Marquinhos, it will be Beraldo’s turn. On the other side, Imanol will rely on the starters but the probable absence of Barrenextea continues to disturb the Basque coach’s sleep.
The Prediction
It may not be a quiet night for PSG in San Sebastian. Real Sociedad, which by now has nothing left to lose, could initially put the Parisians in trouble as in the first leg, and this time they should find the way of goal on at least one occasion. Luis Enrique’s team in any case will likely manage to avoid defeat: we expect a more prolific second half than the first.
The probable lineups of Real Sociedad-PSG
REAL SOCIEDAD (4-3-3): Remiro; Galán, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Traoré; Merino, Zubimendi, Méndez; Oyarzabal, André Silva, Kubo.
PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Hernández; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
