For PSG, nothing matters as much as the Champions League. Domestic success is not enough for managers to keep their job in Paris, and Mauricio Pochettino knows European success is what the owners crave more than anything.

They’ll be hoping Lionel Messi can prove the difference, with the Argentine up against a familiar foe in Real.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side are top of La Liga, having already won the Spanish Super Cup, and they will be eyeing a first Champions League triumph since they won it for a third time in a row in 2018.