Paris Saint-Germain’s thoughts were elsewhere when they hosted Clermont Foot at the Parc des Princes on Saturday evening. Ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona, it was expected that Luís Enrique would rotate his squad, however, perhaps not as much as he did, leaving Le Havre AC president Jean-Michel Roussier furious.
Usual starters such as Lucas Hernandez and Nuno Mendes weren’t even in the squad for PSG. The team that faced Clermont, currently bottom of Ligue 1, reassembled very much a B-team, with Yoram Zague and Senny Mayulu, two academy products, making their first starts for their formative club.
PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 1-1 Clermont – Ramos strike saves Les Parisiens from loss to Ligue 1's bottom side: