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Mbappe leads PSG attack, Real Sociedad missing Oyarzabal

football14 February 2024 19:10| © AFP
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Kylian Mbappe spearheads the Paris Saint-Germain attack in Wednesday's Champions League last 16 first leg against Real Sociedad, who are missing captain Mikel Oyarzabal at the Parc des Princes.

Mbappe, who has 30 goals in all competitions this season for his club, is flanked by Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola in the PSG front line.

The one real surprise in the French champions' line-up comes in defence, with Brazilian January signing Lucas Beraldo starting at left-back rather than Lucas Hernandez.

Spanish international forward Oyarzabal missed Real Sociedad's weekend defeat against Osasuna in LaLiga and is not ready to return yet.

Portugal striker Andre Silva, on loan from RB Leipzig, therefore leads the visitors' attack as Real Sociedad play a Champions League knockout tie for the first time in 20 years.

Big-spending PSG have gone out of the competition in the last 16 in five of the last seven seasons.

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