*** Official City vs PSG Chumps Lge Match Thread***

[CTID Hants]

Alongside Referee Daniele Orsato at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday will be Assistant Referees Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti.

Overseeing the proceedings from UEFA's VAR hub will be Video Assistant Referee Marco Di Bello and Assistant Video Assistant Referee Maurizio Mariani.

Fourth Official
Italian referee Luca Pairetto has been appointed as Fourth Official for Manchester City's meeting with the French heavyweights on Wednesday n.

Team news

City will check on record signing Jack Grealish before the game.

The England midfielder missed Sunday's Premier League victory over Everton with a knock sustained on international duty but is hoping to return in time to face PSG.

Kevin de Bruyne (coronavirus) is unavailable and winger Ferran Torres (foot) may be out until the new year.

Match facts - another Messi goal against City?

PSG's Lionel Messi has scored seven goals in seven Champions League appearances against Manchester City.

Manchester City's Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in five goals in his past four Champions League appearances for Manchester City (two goals and three assists), including a hat-trick of assists in his last game against Club Bruges.

Paris St-Germain have only won 20% of their meetings with Manchester City in the Champions League. Among teams they have faced at least five times in the competition, only against Real Madrid (17%) do they have a lower win percentage.

PSG are winless in their past three away games in the Champions League (D2 L1), and could go without an away victory in the group stage of the competition in a single season for the first time since 2004-05.

[stupot]

Well according to everyone on Talksport this morning Chelsea are the best team in the world at the moment and seeing as how we've played them off the park this season then these should hold no fears.

[london blue 2]

Can we please enjoy a great game of football with no stupid referee intervention?

[PeterParker]

But why are we playing them now instead of the germans?
They changed the rules? Usually, the first game was then the fifth one.

[CTID Hants]

Can we please enjoy a great game of football with no stupid referee intervention?

In general the ref is no stranger to a yellow card or 5 in a game, however we only appear to have had him twice before (only went back to 17/18 season) but he only gave us one yellow in each game, loss to Lyon & win against 10 man RM.

He has also sent a rag off in each of the last 2 games he refeed between PSG & Rags (Fred & Pogba)

[salford city]

Team full of Snide cnuts and shit-houses these. Play our game, keep the ball in the fridge after we score and they won't end the game withh 11 men on the pitch

[PeterParker]

Score first and we win.
Play the best side available and we win.

[Tokyo Blue]

Can we please enjoy a great game of football with no stupid referee intervention?

I may be jinxing it, but I thought this bloke we've got tonight had a really good game in Madrid when we beat real 2-1.

I agree, lb2. I want to be talking about skill and goals not some knob with a whistle or another knob with a pause button.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Team full of Snide cnuts and shit-houses these. Play our game, keep the ball in the fridge after we score and they won't end the game withh 11 men on the pitch

Good shout this Salford, we keep our heads they lose theirs when we score first

[Mase]

If RB and Bruge draw or RB win we go through anyway?

[nottsblue]

If RB and Bruge draw or RB win we go through anyway?

Yep. Hopefully we quality tonight to give us a break in the last group stage game. Preferably with a win, but any old how will do in the situation

[johnny crossan]

If RB and Bruge draw or RB win we go through anyway?

yep that's the size of it but if Bruges win tonight and we both beat PSG the frogs are out of the pond.

[Mase]

Cheers both!

[john@staustell]

Bit unfair on PSG playing both of us

[CTID Hants]

Your City XI to face PSG!

XI | Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), Zinchenko, Mahrez, Bernardo, Sterling

SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Jesus, Laporte, Fernandinho, Palmer, McAtee

[PeterParker]

What the actual fuck is that lineup?

[CTID Hants]

No Phil!!

[FA cup winners 2006]

What the fuck is that line up. He really can't help himself

[sheblue]

Peps been a naughty boy again I see. Ah well, some things never change.

[CTID Hants]

Anyone fancy suggesting what position Zinch is going to play, or are we going full out wind Mill with only the back four keeping shape?