France, Sept. 17 -- Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique played down his squad's injury crisis and talked up his team's confidence as he prepared his players to start the defence of their Champions League crown on Wednesday night.

PSG entertain the Italian outfit Atalanta at the Parc des Princes for the first of the eight games in the tournament's league phase.

Enrique's charges will also host Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United and travel to Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Athletic Bilbao and Sporting.

His side welcomes Atalanta missing star strikers Ousmane Dembeleand Desire Doue. The duo were hurt on international duty for France. Three more players were injured during the 2-0 win over Lens on Sunday in Ligue 1.

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