Paris Saint-Germain’s latest bid for Champions League glory brings their head coach Luis Enrique face to face with his former club.
Luis Enrique played for Barca before taking charge of the Blaugrana, leading them to Champions League glory in 2015 and masterminding their astonishing last-16 comeback at PSG’s expense two years later.
Now the ex-Spain boss is on the other side of the divide and trying to mastermind a maiden triumph in Europe’s premier competition.
Xavi will bid farewell to a youthful Barca side at the end of the season and would love to sign off with a few more famous victories on this stage.
The Sporting News is following PSG vs. Barcelona live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
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PSG vs Barcelona live score
1st Half Goalscorers PSG 0 Barcelona 1 Raphinha 37’
Lineups:
PSG (4-3-3 right to left): 99. Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) — 5. Marquinhos, 21. Lucas Hernandez, 35. Lucas Beraldo, 25. Nuno Mendes — 19. Lee Kang-in, 17. Vitinha, 8. Fabian Ruiz — 10. Ousmane Dembele, 11. Marco Asensio, 7. Kylian Mbappe.
Barcelona (4-3-3 right to left): 1. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GK) — 23. Jules Kounde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 33. Pau Cubarsi, 2. Joao Cancelo — 21. Sergi Roberto, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Ilkay Gundogan — 27. Lamine Yamal, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha.
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PSG vs Barcelona live updates, highlights, and commentary
43rd minute: PSG rush their latest attack. Barca have an opportunity to counter before Beraldo gets a foot in to dispossess Yamal.
41st minute: Cancelo joins the Barcelona attack and clips a shot wide. PSG need their heads to clear because another goal before halftime would be a bit of a nightmare.
37th minute: GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Raphinha!!!!
A first Champions League goal for the former Leeds player and what a time to get it. Lewandowski comes deep and spreads play to Yamal. The teenager’s return cross is partially stopped by Donnarumma but Raphinha adjusts his feet well to dispatch the loose ball into the top corner.
34th minute: Clever corner from Gundogan taken low towards Raphinha whose shot is blocked. PSG look to break quickly and Roberto decides he’s having none of that, bring Asensio down near halfway. That’s a booking and a suspension for the next leg.
33rd minute: Marquinhos and Hernandez got up for the same clearance, the former heads the ball against the latter and it’s a corner. There’s a VAR check for handball that’s over swiftly.
29th minute: Cancelo went flying into Mbappe during that last attack. There was a VAR check for a potential red card but he avoided punishment.
28th minute: PSG looking to reassert themselves. Dembele down the right and Roberto gets to his cutback aimed for Mbappe, who is involved as the hosts quickly regain the ball, finding Lee to have a shot saved by Ter Stegen.
24th minute: The corner is cleared at the near post but in comes the second ball and Donnarumma is out well to punch clear this time with Lewandowski and Araujo in close attendance.
22nd minute: Barca warming to their task now. Roberto finds Raphinha, whose low shot is smartly pushed behind by Donnarumma.
20th minute: Finally a more cohesive attack from Barca. Lewandowski to Raphinha, who wins a corner. Lewandowski meet’s Gundogan’s delivery and Nuno Mendes clears off the line! The follow-up is deflected into the side netting. Donnarumma is in no man’s land again from the next corner but his defence bails him out.
19th minute: Nuno Mendes raids forward from left back, past Kounde before having a shot blocked by Araujo. The PSG concludes an all-action passage of play by charging back to put in a meaty tackle on Yamal.
18th minute: Smart interception from Vitinha in midfield and he charges forward to feed Mbappe. The France superstar cuts back and a bouncing ball proves tricky for Lee, allowing De Jong to clear.
16th minute: Lee’s latest corner from the left and it’s an easy catch for Ter Stegen. He’s not quite got his radar in yet.
13th minute: Beraldo launches himself into a tackle on Raphinha and that looks like a bit of a painful one. The BRazil winger stays down.
6th minute: Very brave/very stupid goalkeeping from Donnarumma who hares out of his box to make a challenge on Raphinha. if he’d got that wrong he was walking.
5th minute: A bouncing ball falls to Mbappe in the box but he can only stab at it and the effort is off target. Barely a half-chance in all honest.
4th minute: Cancelo not always noted for the defensive side of his game but that’s more solid work as he stands up the marauding Dembele and gets a foot in.
2nd minute: Ruiz glances on and Cubarsi clears behind for a corner. Lee’s in-swinging delivery is dealt with by Cancelo.
1st minute: We’re off! Dembele into his work and wins a free-kick on the right touchline.
5 mins before kickoff: The teams are in the tunnel. Mbappe and Lewandowski share a hug. Here they come, out into a raucous Parc des Princes.
Huge Star Wars themed son et lumiere show at the Parc des princes, complete with massive Yoda. Lovely stuff pic.twitter.com/17Sil96XlU
— Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) April 10, 2024
30 mins before kickoff: There is a chance, of course, given his contract situation and Real Madrid’s long-standing interest that this could be Kylian Mbappe’s final Champions League game for PSG at the Parc des Princes. He will have other ideas, of course. Does he have something special up his sleeve?
1 hour before kickoff: Talking of familiar faces, former Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio joins ex-Barca winger Ousmane Dembele (they paid for him with a chunk of that Neymar money) and Kylian Mbappe in the PSG front three.
Notre XI de départ 🆚 FC Barcelone 👊🏻#PSGFCB I @EASPORTSFC pic.twitter.com/LEz3z7FGp8
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) April 10, 2024
1 hr 10 mins before kickoff: The teams are in. Two of Barca’s very brightest young things, centre-back Pau Cubarsi and winger Lamine Yamal, both start. But there’s also room for a ghost of PSG’s past. Remember when a fresh-faced Sergi Roberto scored the decisive goal in that astonishing 6-5 aggregate comeback? Seven years on and now 32, he joins Ilkay Gundogan and Frenkie de Jong in midfield.
🚨 BARÇA XI 🚨#PSGBarça | #UCL pic.twitter.com/6eByTugSKQ
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 10, 2024
1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: Luis Enrique enjoyed probably the greatest achievement of his coaching career when Barcelona lifted the trophy in 2015. He also utterly humiliated PSG in 2017. The ripples in the pond from victory are arguably still being felt and lapping against this game tonight. If he hadn’t been man-of-the-match in the ultimate remontada would PSG have broken the world transfer record to sign Neymar? If they hadn’t lost the superstar Brazilian, would Barcelona have spent themselves to the brink of financial ruin? Neymar’s departure to Al Hilal last year opened up the space for a more youthful, collectively minded PSG team, something that Barcelona are also providing their own spin on once again.
2 hours before kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Paris Saint-Germain vs. Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. After the thrills and spills of Tuesday, we could be in for another cracker.
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 10, 2024
PSG vs Barcelona kick off time
This Champions League clash takes place at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France and kicks off on Wednesday, April 10 at 9:00 p.m. local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
Date Kickoff time USA Wed, Apr. 10 3:00 p.m. ET Canada Wed, Apr. 10 3:00 p.m. ET UK Wed, Apr. 10 8:00 p.m. BST India Thu, Apr. 11 12:30 a.m. IST Australia Thu, Apr. 12 5:00 a.m AEST
PSG vs Barcelona lineups, team news
First choice right-back Achraf Hakimi is unavailable due to a one-game suspension while Nordi Mukiele is unlikely to recover from a facial injury.
Highly-rated teenage midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery is back on the bench but it is skipper Marquinhos, who will fill in at right back.
PSG (4-3-3 right to left): Donnarumma (GK) — Marquinhos, Hernandez, Beraldo, Mendes — Lee, Vitinha, Ruiz — Dembele, Asensio, Mbappe.
PSG subs (12): Navas (GK), Tenas (GK), Ugarte, Ramos, Danilo, Kolo Muani, Soler, Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Skriniar, Mayulu, Zague.
Spain star Pedri misses out for Barcelona, with Xavi selecting the returning Frenkie de Jong and PSG’s 2017 heartbreaker Sergi Roberto in midfield alongside Ilkay Gundogan.
Barcelona (4-3-3 right to left): Ter Stegen (GK) — Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Cancelo — De Jong, Roberto, Gundogan — Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
Barcelona subs (12): Inaki Pena (GK), Astralaga (GK), Martinez, Ferran, Pedri, Joao Felix, Christensen, Alonso, Romeu, Roque, Fermin, Fort.
PSG vs Barcelona live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch this Champions League match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:
USA: Champions League matches are available to stream on Paramount+ (English). New users can currently get a FREE seven-day trial.
ViX and UniMas are the place to go for Spanish subscribers with Fubo also offering streaming access and a FREE trial to new subscribers.
Canada: Every Champions League game streams live on DAZN.
UK: This match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 2 and streamed on discovery+.
India: JioTV and Sony LIV are the live streaming options for this game.
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Australia: Every game of the UEFA Champions League is live on Stan Sport.
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