On Tuesday night, a much-anticipated warm-up extravaganza takes place at Tokyo's new National Stadium as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Inter Milan face off. Despite PSG's mediocre performance in their previous warm-up matches, new manager Alex Anriki is desperate for a win to solidify his position, and with Sydney Ma expected to start, and PSG's recent record against Inter, a win is expected, and a home win is worth looking forward to. (The match will be broadcast live on TVB myTV SUPER at 6pm on Tuesday.)
However, throughout the summer, PSG's headlines have been dominated by transfer rumors for Kilian McBarbie. In reality, Anriki was quietly building a strong team for PSG behind the scenes, signing Real Madrid attacker Marko Acincio, Inter defender Stefania, Bayern defender Lucas Busnandis, and Szczepin's Uruguayan starlet Manuel Ugadi in quick succession.
However, they have only managed one win, one draw and one loss in their first three warm-up matches, and their last match was a shocking 2-3 defeat against Sakura Osaka. With their next involvement against Jeonbuk Motors before returning to France to prepare for the new season, it's time to get serious. The French media revealed that An Ligi will be fielding their strongest lineup, with Nima, Ashraf and Carlos Suarez expected to return to the starting lineup.