Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain of France will host Arsenal of England tomorrow for the second round

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, French club Paris Saint-Germain will host English Arsenal for the second round of the new edition of the European Champions League.

Paris Saint-Germain is looking forward to achieving its second successive victory in the tournament, after defeating Girona in the first round with a clean goal, as the team seeks to occupy one of the top eight places to qualify directly for the round of 16.

The French team enters the match ecstatic by defeating Rennes 3-1 and occupying the top spot in the French League, shared equally with Monaco, each with 16 points.

Luis Enrique, coach of Saint-Germain, aims to avoid what happened in the first match, when the team narrowly won over Girona with a clean goal in stoppage time of the match.

Enrique is seeking to avoid defeat against Arsenal, after suffering a 4-1 loss last year against Newcastle in England, and he is also seeking to avoid a third consecutive loss away from home to an English team in the Champions League.

On the other hand, Arsenal aspires to achieve its first victory after being content with a goalless draw with its Italian host Atalanta in the first round, in order to restore its balance in the tournament and advance a step in the standings.

Arsenal enters the match with enthusiasm after its victory over Leicester City 4-2 yesterday, Saturday, in the English Premier League, which gives the team a morale boost and great confidence in the possibility of achieving victory over the French team.

The English team has not lost any match this season so far, and scored 11 goals in the last three matches against Leicester, Bolton and Manchester City. He hopes that his recent goals will help him avoid recording an unwanted record, as he failed to score in his last two matches in the Champions League, noting that he He has never not scored in three consecutive matches in the tournament.

In the rest of the matches that will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, Stuttgart of Germany will meet Sparta Prague of Czech Republic, Red Bull Salzburg of Austria will meet Stade Brest of France, and Inter Milan of Italy will meet Servina Zvidad of Serbia.

Dutch PSV Eindhoven will also meet with Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, Barcelona of Spain with Young Boys of Switzerland, Bayer Leverkusen of Germany with Milan of Italy, Borussia Dortmund of Germany with Celtic of Scotland, and Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia with Manchester City of England.