Neymar did not appear this Thursday on the grounds of the Camp des Loges. Five days after his rib injury on Saturday during the victory over Montpellier (5-0) and the day after his birthday which he calmly celebrated at home this time with his father's, the Brazilian stayed warm at the training center.
He was required to care and physical work in the room. At PSG, we still hope that it will be available Sunday at the Parc des Princes opposite Lyon. But the greatest caution always surrounds the n ° 10 of the PSG, victim of a “chondro-costal lesion” (an injury between the ribs and the cartilage), according to the medical staff of the club of the capital. An injury that requires seven to eight days to heal. No risk will be taken with a player who has accumulated glitches since his arrival in France. Neymar, who continues to talk without traumatizing the area where he suffers, can afford ten days of cut while two trips to Dijon on February 12 in the Coupe de France and then to Amiens on the 15th are still scheduled before the shock against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday February 18. Something to regain rhythm if ever Neymar should miss a second game in a row.
Thiago Silva to debut against OL
The good news for this famous round of 16 first leg of the Champions League comes from Marquinhos. The defender has indeed returned to collective training this Thursday for the first time since his injury to the femoral biceps contracted on January 22 in Reims (0-3). Sign that the healing of this tear in the muscle of the back of the right thigh is on the right track.
It is in any case on time to claim a resumption of competition in Dijon or Amiens. This would allow him to claim a place against Dortmund. A meeting that Thiago Silva should play with more certainty. The Paris captain, who had missed the games against Montpellier and Nantes due to a pubic pain, was able to participate normally in the session with his teammates on Thursday. He should hold Sunday against OL.