Two clubs looking to return to form will do battle today in a friendly between Paris-Saint Germain and Fiorentina. The International Champions Cup match scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET will be held at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN Deportes.
What They're Saying
PSG manager Laurent Blanc (via ESPN FC): "As you can see, the situation [with Thiago Motta] is still the same. It's a delicate matter. I hope it'll progress in the right direction. Everyone is still in the same position. I hope, as far as I'm concerned, that it will move forward in a sporting sense because it can't continue like this forever."
Fiorentina forward Giuseppe Rossi (via ESPN FC): "We've just got a new coach, so that's something where we're going to talk about our objectives [in preseason]. One step at a time. Paulo Sousa has a lot of experience, and he knows what it takes to win. He won with Basel last year, so it's an exciting time for us. As a collective in the past three years, we've done tremendous work with our style of play, which has been rated one of the best in Serie A. I think we're fun to watch. That's what everyone says around Europe. We're going to try and bring that fun to watch style over here to the U.S."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Injuries have kept Rossi off the pitch for a majority of his career. In 2014, the 28-year-old made 21 league appearances and finished with 16 goals.
PSG's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Trapp; van der Wiel, Aurier, Kimpembe, Maxwell; Rabiot, Matuidi, Nkunku; Moura, Augustin, Ibrahimovic
Fiorentina's Projected Lineup (3-5-2): Tatarusanu; Rodriguez, Camporese, Pasqual; Joaquin, Valero, Fernandez, Ilicic, Alonso; Gomez, Rossi
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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