Basaksehir-PSG: alert for Neymar, exams to come

The success of PSG in Istanbul has its cost.

These three precious points which put Paris back in the direction of travel are indeed paid for by the prospect of seeing Neymar absent for several days and, potentially, for next Wednesday's trip to Leipzig (Germany).

His teammates won without him this Wednesday in Basaksehir (2-0) but the victory was sluggish and the offensive animation limited to the races of Kylian Mbappé.

With the number 10 on the ground, it is a certainty, the PSG multiplies its options.

Pablo Sarabia replaced him (26th), in a totally different register.

Imagining him far from the field for several matches can distress Thomas Tuchel and we understand it.

The German must already do without the services of Mauro Icardi, Leandro Paredes (recovery hoped for at the end of the week for the Argentines), Marco Verratti (expected next week) and Julian Draxler (package until mid-November).

Against the Turks, Neymar only played 25 minutes.

A little less, even if we count the time spent on the sidelines trying to heal.

The former FC Barcelona striker is affected by muscle damage.

He stopped after a run from the left before the 20th minute of play, complaining about an area of ​​the left thigh, between the quadriceps and the adductor.

The Parisian medical staff tried the strap solution but, despite an attempt to return, Neymar quickly signaled to his sidelines his inability to continue at 100%.

Returned directly to the locker room, he only returned to witness the victory of his family in the second period.

"It may not be a major injury"

"He is affected in the adductors, confirms Thomas Tuchel at a press conference.

It may not be a major injury.

But he didn't feel free to move around, not at ease.

We will know more with tomorrow's exams

and the doctor.

It is therefore still too early to come to any conclusion.

However, it remains difficult to imagine Neymar present this Saturday on the lawn of Nantes in Ligue 1.

Adductors have never been a major problem for the Santos-trained player.

He had been embarrassed in the fall of 2018 by this area of ​​the body but without this leading to too long an absence.

According to RMC Sports, Neymar had complained of adductor pain as soon as he warmed up on the lawn of the Fatih-Terim stadium in Istanbul.

This would rule out the hypothesis of an injury that occurred in the middle of a match and, therefore, potentially serious.

Exiting quickly, Neymar may have avoided more damage.

Answer this Thursday.