Head coach of PSG Unai Emery decided not to release Captain Thiago Silva at the start of the Champions League match against Real Madrid.

The first duel of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League between Real and PSG will take place at Santiago Bernabeu. The beginning at 21:45 in Kiev.

As reported by L'Equipe, in the starting lineup of the Parisians there is no place for Thiago Silva, who will be replaced by Prenel Kimpembe.

According to the publication, Silva did not expect such a decision from head coach Unai Emery.

Kimpembe will make a couple of central defenders with Marcinios.

In this season, the 33-year-old Tiago Silva held only 16 matches of the championship of France (played 25 rounds), and all out on the field in 25 games in all tournaments.

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