Can Khvicha Kvaratskhelia lead PSG to overcome Inter’s experience in the Saturday’s Champions League final?

Hello! The countdown continues for the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday, one that could be a dynamic showcase of stylistic contracts. I am Pardeep Cattry with a midweek check-in as the big game approaches quickly.

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🇫🇷 Khvicha kvaratskhelia returns for Paris Saint-Germain

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia resumed the training with the first team of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, just in time for the final of the Champions League of Saturday.

The Georgia International missed the final of the weekend Coupe de France, in which PSG Reims defeated 3-0, after he had been withdrawn from the starting line-up and replaced by Desire Done. His return to the training, however, suppresses questions about his availability for Saturday’s game in the Allianz Arena in Munich, where he is expected to bring a statement-making version together while he and his team aim their first Champions League title.

PSG’s transformation in the most entertaining team in Europe is easily the story of the season and although manager Luis Enrique laid the foundation before Kvaratskhelia’s arrival in January, the winger was crucial to ensure that the unique tactical style would actually work. He has five goals and six assists in all competitions this season, including an assist to Ousmane Dembele’s goal four minutes after their semi -final against Arsenal. That goal was typically new-look PSG-Hun Urgent system really emphasizes the game on the flanks and emphasizes players who overwhelm the opposition wingbacks, which Kvaratskhelia did by getting the Jurien Timber of Arsenal better. He then had an easy pass to Dembele, who ended up close.

Kvaratskhelia is crucial in the structure, with or without assists, proof of a PSG team that is now determined by an effective playing style instead of the individual sparkle of star players. This was particularly visible in that first leg against Arsenal, which can form a somewhat similar tactical challenge for PSG that interfe could be as a defense -oriented team. That semi -final asked whether PSG’s unique attacking approach can fight even the most solid defenses and as Thierry Henry noticed on that day, the answer was yes.

• Henry: “If you are under pressure against a team like Paris Saint-Germain in the beginning, what I understand, you have to be on the point, and you see the first mistake for me is Bukayo Saka and how he started to exert the pressure, which does not happen often. While you start seeing at the front, she wants to be on the front and press the front. [Martin] Odegaard asks that everyone is coming so that they are coming. You will not see it now, but wood now comes with Kvaratskhelia. What you do is that you bend your run to ensure that [Nuno] Mendes is at stake there. You cannot put upright because he will have the opportunity to give that ball into that ball. … that’s the first mistake. You cannot allow them to play inside. Bend your run, show him the line. Don’t show him inside. “

Enrique is expected to have its entire attacking rotation available on Saturday, a group with Doue, Bradley Barcola and Dembele, of whom the last one could be in the mix for the Ballon d’Or with a victory in Munich.

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🇮🇹 An end of an era for Inzaghi, Inter?

While Paris Saint-Germain plays a part of the surprise candidate, Inter is preparing for the Champions League as with experience by their side. The last Champions League title of the club arrived perhaps 15 years ago, but the group that participates in Saturday’s final is not too much different than the one who played in the last two years ago when they lost 1-0 to Manchester City in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium.

In addition to their Serie A victory last season, the two trips to the Champions League -final are the award -winning performance of Simone Inzaghi’s four -year spell that is in charge of Inter. He transformed the team from only a participant in the Champions League into one of the most successful teams of the competition, so that they led to their first knockout match in a decade during his first season and almost all the way to the top. This season has not always been nice for Inter, who could end the season with a loss in Munich thanks to some mismanagement, but they have also remained faithful to their strengths during the season.

Against PSG on Saturday that is perhaps the key to their success – and possibly the best way to say goodbye to Inzaghi. Even while the manager is preparing for the second Champions League final of Inter in three years, there is enough chat that he will leave the club after this season, possibly to become a member of the Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli. The competition may offer a last chance to view Inzaghi’s version of Inter, which offers a real contrast with Enrique’s PSG.

How competent as PSG has been in attack, Inter has booked a place in the final because they are one of the strongest defensive teams in Europe. They have only admitted 11 goals in 14 games, a song that drops to five goals in 12 games if you remove the dramatic anomaly that was their 7-6 aggregated victory against Barcelona in the semi-final. Even that draw offered a showcase of defensive sharpness – goalkeeper Yann Sommer made 14 saves about two legs against Barcelona and continued to build a strong business as the best shot stopper in the edition of the Champions League of this season.

Inter loves their wing players as PSG, however, with Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco who play a significant role in their attack this season. Both had an influence on Barcelona, ​​but when a player stood out during that semi -final, it was Dumfries – he noted two goals and three assists about two games, and only became the second player in the history of Champions League to place five target contributions in a semi -final in a semi -final. Nederlands International, together with Inter’s other attackers such as Lautaro Martinez, are emblematically for the evolution of Inzaghi’s Inter, and could be a crucial figure on Saturday.

🔗 Top stories

⭐ Tom Cruise joins David Beckham: Actor Tom Cruise will join David Beckham for the edition of Saturday of “Beckham and Friends Live”, an alternative live broadcast from the Allianz Arena in Munich for the Champions League final.

🔵⚫ Inter Go For Gold: Inter will wear golden sweaters in the Champions League’s final and opts for their third kits over their white road strip.

🏆 Conference League Final Preview: This is what you need to know if Chelsea is facing real betis in Wroclaw, Poland in the UEFA Conference League final.

🔴 Injuries at Liverpool Parade: More than 40 people were injured after a car hit pedestrians during a parade in honor of the Premier League title of Liverpool on Monday.

1️⃣1️⃣ NWSL TOTW: The Casey Kruiter of the Washington Spirit and Arin Wright from Racing Louisville earned the highest honor in the latest edition of the NWSL team of the week.

❓ Ronaldo on CWC?: Cristiano Ronaldo can join a team that will play at the World Cup of Club this summer, which increases the chance that he will play against Lionel Messi increases during the competition.

🇮🇹 Zaniolo denial: Nicolo Zaniolo from Fiorentina denied a claim that he attacked two players in the youth team of Roma while he was drunk after a match on Monday.

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💵 Dear bets

• UEFA Conference League final: Real Betis vs. Chelsea, Wednesday, 3 p.m.
  💰 The Pick: Cole Palmer to Score (+170) – Recent form may not be preferred by Cole Palmer, who has only one goal in his last 23 games and none in his last four, but perhaps the opportunity. This will be the last game of the first season of Chelsea under Manager Enzo Maresca, an era that has been determined so far by the youth of the blues and a bet that this group will be in the not too far future in contenders. Despite their imperfections, they have solved an important piece of that puzzle with a fourth place in the Premier League, which provides them with a place in the Champions League of next season. Lifting the UEFA Conference League title in Wroclaw on Wednesday would be a very important next step to achieve the ultimate goal. It is a time that is well suited for someone like Palmer, who is ready to be the star of this new look Chelsea, making it a suitable moment for him to win his first trophy since his breakout season.

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