PSG: Trapp; Aurier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell; Verratti (Lavezzi 80’), Thiago Motta, Matuidi; Di María (Lucas 67’), Ibrahimovic, Cavani (Pastore 67’). 4-3-3.
Madrid: Keylor Navas; Danilo, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Lucas Vázquez, Casemiro, Kroos, Isco (Modric 69‘); Ronaldo, Jesé (Cheryshev 73‘). 4-4-2.
Goals: None.
Real Madrid stay top of their group after a 0-0 draw at Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday evening. Rafa Benítez was forced to make several changes due to injuries to key players such as Bale and Benzema, with Jesé, Lucas Vázquez and Casemiro given rare starts. Both teams had won their opening fixtures, and neither wanted to give anything away in a cautious start. The best chances in the first half though fell to the visitors, Jesé coming up against Trapp when free on goal, and the local keeper tipping a couple of dangerous headers from Ronaldo over the bar. Matuidi tested Keylor Navas with a long shot in reply, and after the restart Ibrahimovic and Di María both went close. With twenty minutes to Ronaldo fired an angled shot just wide of the far post, probably the best chance of the match, but in the end the two coaches settled for a point which takes them a step closer to qualifying for the knock-out stages. Another match this season without scoring for Benítez’s Madrid though, the first time in 41 games that they haven’t found the net in the group stages of the competition.