Good news at last! Kylian Mbappé is at Camp des Loges this Wednesday morning, PSG day - Dortmund, round of 16 of the Champions League, at the Parc des Princes behind closed doors. This is the return leg after a failed first leg match (2-1) for the capital's club.
At the Thomas Tuchel training center, the attacker began individual work with a physical trainer. He tested his sensations with him, handling the ball. Then a few moments later, he ran with physical trainer Martin Buchheit.
On match mornings, PSG wakes up around 30 minutes. The center forward started with his partners, bundled up. It was only at the end of this mini-training that the decision to establish him should be taken.
He got cold and has been suffering from sore throat and fever
Mbappé has been bedridden for two days because of an angina that empties him of all energy. On Sunday, he got cold and has been suffering from sore throat and fever since then. Monday, the PSG medical staff sent him back to his home, where he has been sleeping most of the time, weakened by this violent angina.
The doctors of the club follow with particular attention the evolution of his illness. They practiced on the International battery of examinations, including a coronavirus test which turned out to be negative. Saturday, PSG made a round trip to Strasbourg for the Ligue 1 match finally canceled. Many supporters of the Haut-Rhin, one of the centers of the epidemic, were expected at the Meinau stadium.
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If he can, Mbappé will take his place tonight at PSG - Dortmund. An essential cog in the team, he is hyper-motivated for this meeting that he has been waiting for a long time. Thomas Tuchel to decide in the next few hours. The German coach already has many diminished players called to appear in his eleven as the captain Thiago Silva, absent for sixteen days for a thigh problem, and Neymar, in lack of rhythm.
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In the event of tenure, the former Monegasque will not be 100% of his physical means. He would accompany Edinson Cavani in attack in a 4-4-2 with Neymar and Angel Di Maria in support. If Tuchel were to decide to install him on the bench, Pablo Sarabia would then be aligned at kick-off in a center-forward role which he has held on several occasions already this season.