PSG vs Chelsea best XI: Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Diego Costa? John Terry or David Luiz?

Which players make it into the side ahead of tonight's last-16 clash?

Tom Sheen
Tuesday 17 February 2015 07:12 EST
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Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea clash tonight in the first leg of the Champions League last-16.

Both sides have spent huge amounts of money in recent years to reach the elite of European football, bringing in some of the best players in the world to ply their trade in west London and the French capital.

But who has spent their money more wisely?

We take a look at the two likely starting XIs and put them together to create one team.

How many PSG players would Jose Mourinho take at Chelsea?
How many PSG players would Jose Mourinho take at Chelsea? (Reuters)

With PSG manager Laurent Blanc having up to seven players possibly missing for this match, the Blues will be confident of getting a win at the Parc des Princes tonight.

The team has been selected based on the below predicted line-ups, in a 4-3-3 formation to reflect what the two managers are most likely to do.

PSG: Sirigu; Van der Wiel, Silva, Luiz, Maxwell; Matuidi, Rabiot, Verratti; Lavezzi, Cavani, Ibrahimovic.

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Hazard, Costa

Scroll through our gallery to see the team:

Final Result: PSG 3 Chelsea 8

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