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Football: 'Neymar knows how to handle constant expectation' - Tuchel

PSG head coach Thomas Tuchel suggested Kylian Mbappe could feature against Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, after the French World Cup winner suffered an ankle injury in the Coupe de France finale last month. The German manager also praised the quality of the opponent : ''They play almost one v one on the whole pitch. They attack with seven players in the opposite side''. Atalanta finished Serie A in third place, one-point behind runner-up Inter Milan, with the best attack in the league (47 goals). With striker Kylian Mbappe likely to start from the bench, PSG's Champions League hopes rest with Mauro Icardi and Neymar in Lisbon. Though Tuchel insists Neymar, who is arguably facing the biggest game of his career with the Ligue 1 champions will relish the occasion. "He likes big decisive games, he is always reliable in the big games, that's where he is at his best...". The winner of the game between PSG and Atalanta will meet the winner of Atletico Madrid v RB Leipzig in the semi-final of the competition on 18th August 2020.

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  • Released : 12-Aug-2020

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