Pars has arrived in Istanbul!

Paris Saint-Germain arrived in Istanbul on Monday, ahead of the Matchday 2 UEFA Champions League clash away to Galatasaray, at 21:00 CET (22:00 local time) at the Ali Sami Yen stadium.

Two days after the win over Bordeaux (1-0) at the Matmut Atlantique and a day after the light session at the Ooredoo Training Centre, the majority of the squad met up at training ground to head together to the airport at Bourget at around 8:45.

About an hour and a half later, the squad took off for a flight of just under three hours in which they played games, watched films, listened to music or just slept to pas the time.

The squad touched down at 14:30 local time, with plenty of local fans and media in attendance as the team headed straight to the Raffles Hotel, that it will call home for the next 36 hours. 

Late afternoon, Thomas Tuchel and Thiago Silva fronted up to the international media at the press conference, that you can watch again and read on PSG TV and PSG.fr.

After the press conference, the team took to the pitch at Galatasaray's stadium for a final training session ahead of tomorrow's match.