Cerezo Osaka-PSG is a friendly and is played on Friday at 12:20pm: stats, TV, streaming, probable formations, predictions.
The Mbappé case seems to have had a negative impact on his Psg teammates, who, in their first leg of the Japanese tour – played without their most representative player, who remained in Paris with the others out of the squad – did not go beyond a draw with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr (0-0).
Luis Enrique, the Parisians’ new coach, deployed Marco Asensio as a false nueve, but it was not the same. The feeling is that the Spanish coach – back at the helm of a club after his experience with the Spanish national team – will not be able to work with serenity until the ownership has found a solution, clearly shared with Mbappé himself and his entourage. Renewal is out of the question, the Psg has put him on the market and had accepted the offer of 300 million received from the Saudis of Al-Hilal, but the striker has refused. While waiting to see what will happen between now and the next few weeks, and especially if the former Monaco man will be reinstated, the reigning French champions will face two more friendlies in Japan, against the Cerezo Osaka locals and Inter Milan. The Japanese are momentarily fifth in the J1 League table, which is in full swing.
The summit, occupied by Vissel Kobe, is not far away: it is nine points away, but the most realistic goal of the men coached by Akio Kogiku is qualification for the next AFC Champions League. Cerezo Osaka won most of their points in front of their home crowd, albeit with minimal effort as they have one of the least prolific domestic attacks among the teams occupying the left side of Japan’s top league.
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The Prediction
Psg are an open building site at the moment but it will be important for Luis Enrique to win and convince in this second friendly. First and foremost to silence the first criticisms that have arisen after the disappointing draw with Al-Nassr. Let’s assume a victory for the Parisians in a match that this time will reserve at least three goals in total.
Cerezo Osaka-PSG’s likely line-up
- CEREZO OSAKA (4-4-2): Yang; Maikuma, Shindo, Toriumi, Funaki; Croux, Kagawa, Kida, Uejo; Leo, Kato.
- PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Kimpembe; Ugarte, Verratti, Vitinha; Carlos Soler, Asensio, Neymar.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
