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Achraf Hakimi starts for PSG against Bayern Munich in the Champions League despite rape charge

Paris Saint-Germain have included defender Achraf Hakimi in their starting line-up to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League, despite the player being charged with rape.

The Moroccan has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in Paris on Saturday, February 25.

He was questioned later that week and officially charged the following Thursday. The 24-year-old was left out of the squad for PSG's Ligue 1 fixture against Nantes on Saturday but returned to training on Monday.

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He is available for Wednesday's fixture as French law permits him to leave the country, and he is now set to make his first appearance since the charge.

PSG face joint-Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie and will look to overturn a 1-0 aggregate deficit at the hostile Allianz Arena.