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PSG facing one of the world's greatest challenges at Old Trafford - Tuchel

SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 1, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING:

"If we have the quality, the confidence, the momentum tomorrow, we can take possession of the ball, that's the best possible thing for us. Still, we have to be vigilant because Man United is one of the strongest teams in Europe in terms of offensive counterattacks. But if there are moments when it's necessary to play low, to defend low, we'll block them. We have to respond to the needs of the match."

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING:

"It's clear that we have the possible situation that we come to Trafford and win. That's one of the world's biggest challenges, to come to Trafford, in England, and win. Not only to have a good result, no, to win, but that's not impossible, and we'll prepare for that."

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4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING:

"We will try to influence the team as much as possible, to be free while being disciplined, to be ready, to put up a great fight, to be ready to play with confidence and show their solidarity, which is necessary to overcome this obstacle."

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6. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG MIDFIELDER, MARCO VERRATTI, SAYING:

"We have to give it our all tomorrow since this match is very important for the rest of our season. We know that we're playing a good club, that's why that should be all we think about. We have to get this victory, and to get this victory, we have to be perfect as a team, in our organisation, individually, manually when we each have the ball in our possession. That's really how we can come here and win."

STORY: Paris St Germain are facing one of the game's greatest challenges as they aim for victory at Manchester United in a pivotal Champions League Group H game on Wednesday, coach Thomas Tuchel said.

Last year's runners-up PSG are second on six points, three adrift of United and ahead of RB Leipzig, who face Istanbul Basaksehir, only thanks to their better head-to-head record.

"We're at Old Trafford to win, not just to get a good result, and winning here is one of the world's toughest challenges," Tuchel told a news conference on Tuesday (December 1).

PSG have only grabbed one point from their last two Ligue 1 games and they were fortunate to beat Leipzig 1-0 at the Parc des Princes last week.

United, on the other hand, have won their last four games in all competitions, scoring 11 goals.

PSG's injury woes have however almost disappeared with only fullbacks Thilo Kehrer and Juan Bernat, as well as midfielders Pablo Sarabia and Julian Draxler, out of the Old Trafford clash.

Tuchel is also hoping that France striker Kylian Mbappe will rediscover his scoring touch in the Champions League, having failed to find the net in his last eight appearances in the competition, a streak that dates back to last December.

(Production: Ardee Napolitano)