It will be difficult tbh. Even with our first XI it would have been impossible when you saw how much PSG were better than us. We didn’t tested Buffon, Thiago Silva and Kimpembe were cool, when Marquinhos and Verrati controlled everything.
We missed our chance in the first game and now we just have to pray to not concede 4/5 goals (Imagine that Southampton scored 2… just look at what Snakeman and Mbappe can do….)
While Southampton scored two and their overall play was pretty good, the goals were actually just absolute worldies. Valery won't hit another strike like that for years and those kind of free kicks happen probably 1 in every 10. Southampton scoring two goals in that game was flattering to them in terms of chances created. They were two wonder strikes and the luck was with them. That doesn't happen often, our general defensive capability in open play has been good and was good at the weekend.
In terms of this game, I do agree that we will do well to escape with a defeat in the region of 1- to 3-0, but who knows, we might surprise people and PSG could get complacent.
I think Young should be rested for Arsenal, so we bring him back in and a fresh Pogba for one of our most important remaining games (Arsenal and Chelsea the two biggest now). However, I'm not fully sure that Ole will do this due to the injuries. The line-up will be one of these three for sure:
de Gea
Bailly Smalling Lindelof
Dalot Pereira McTominay Fred Shaw
Lukaku Rashford
de Gea
Bailly Smalling Lindelof
Young Pereira McTominay Fred Shaw
Lukaku Rashford
de Gea
Young Smalling Lindelof Shaw
Pereira McTominay Fred
Dalot Lukaku Rashford
I'm a very strong advocate of going three at the back here with the first line-up using Dalot.
PSG will be compact IMO, they won't exert themselves too much and try not to give away needless fouls when we get forward. They'll keep possession and try to make the game slow, prevent any counter attacks on our part by not playing too high of a line. They don't really need to score and a single goal for them actually does nothing in the grand scheme of things, since we're probably going to need to score three to get through and avoid penalties. Set pieces and counter attacks are our only real chance IMO and I expect us to get very little opportunity at either. If we can score a goal and not get our confidence dampened then it's been a decent night. Oh, and no new injuries is a must!