Paris Saint-Germain has it all to do heading into a highly-anticipated Champions League matchup in France.
The Parisian side hosts Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals on Tuesday, May 7 at Parc de Princes in Paris, with Dortmund holding a 1-0 lead following its win in the first leg. Niclas Fullkrug scored the tie’s only goal midway through the first half.
Now playing at home, it will be up to Kylian Mbappe to deliver his team to the final for only the second time since he joined the club. For a club with European title aspirations, anything short of making the final will be considered a failure. But with the squad that PSG has along with coach Luis Enrique, they have as good a chance as Dortmund does to advance.
With so much on the line, here’s everything you need to know about watching PSG vs Dortmund in Canada.
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This Champions League semifinal second leg kicks off from Parc des Princes on Tuesday, May 7 at 9 p.m. local time in Paris, France.
Here’s how that time translates across all of the time zones in Canada:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| Newfoundland Time | Tue, May 7 | 5 p.m. |
| Atlantic Time | Tue, May 7 | 4 p.m. |
| Eastern Time | Tue, May 7 | 3 p.m. |
| Central Time | Tue, May 7 | 2 p.m. |
| Mountain Time | Tue, May 7 | 1 p.m. |
| Pacific Time | Tue, May 7 | 12 p.m. |
Like they were afforded before the quarterfinal second leg against Barcelona, PSG were handed the weekend off in Ligue 1 play, having already mathematically wrapped up the league title.
However, they’ll be without defender Lucas Hernandez who went down injured in the first leg and will miss significant time with a torn ACL, his second in the last three years. That will mean either young Beraldo or the out-of-form Milan Skriniar will have to start at center-back, and it’s likely the 20-year-old Brazilian will get the nod as Skriniar has been out of favor.
Backup goalkeeper Sergio Rico is out for the season after his horseback riding accident earlier this year, and Presnel Kimpembe remains sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury, but otherwise only a back injury to Layvin Kurzawa presents any kind of concern for head coach Luis Enrique.
PSG projected starting lineup (4-3-3): Donnarumma (GK) — Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Mendes — Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, F. Ruiz — Dembele, Mbappe, Barcola.
Borussia Dortmund are still without Sebastien Haller who has had a stop-start season with injuries and remains sidelined for another few weeks. Donyell Malen returned to the field on the weekend and is fit for selection, should he be selected to play a role. Other key Dortmund players like Mats Hummels, Karim Adeyemi, Nicolas Schlotterbeck, Julian Brandt, Marcel Sabitzer, Jadon Sancho, and Niclas Fullkrug were all given various amounts of rest for their weekend league game, and should be set for a return to the lineup.
Dortmund projected starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Kobel (GK) — Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen — Can, Sabitzer — Adeyemi, Brandt, Sancho — Fullkrug.
Borussia Dortmund have been strong in this competition, but they have relied on individual performances to carry them through, which are hard to replicate in difficult circumstances such as this. The Jadon Sancho performance in the first leg was the latest Herculean effort, following Julian Brandt’s creative masterclass against Atletico Madrid and the seven-save brilliance from Gregor Kobel against PSV in the Round of 16.
They will need one or more of those players to reprise those roles if they have any prayer of winning at Parc des Princes, as they cannot continue to lean on their back line to bail them out of situations time and again. Keeping Kylian Mbappe down for consecutive matches has proven fruitless so far this season, as Barcelona found out the hard way, and at home the French club should advance to the final in a month’s time.
