It's a race against time that Marquinhos is set to win. Wednesday April 28, PSG welcomes Manchester City in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League and his idea, his hope rather, is to be, one way or another. In terms of injury, you must always be careful, because of the risk of relapse or simply because of pain that may arise after a recovery. But the Brazilian is there: this Thursday, he returned to training at the Lodges camp and he participated without embarrassment in the entire collective session. He even ended this session with accelerations. This information indicates a favorable development, a player whose thigh has healed.
On April 7, Thiago Silva's successor in the role of captain suffered an injury to the right adductor during the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, Bayern Munich-PSG (2-3). Although touched, the central defender still scored the capital club's second goal, before giving way to Ander Herrera. Since then, he has not been able to play any minute of play, neither in the championship nor in the Coupe de France, and even less in the European Cup.
In his absence, Danilo Pereira and Presnel Kimpembe form a heroic pair, especially during the return against Bayern (0-1) at the Parc des Princes.
Against Angers (5-0), the world champion blew this Wednesday and Thilo Kehrer was associated with the Portuguese.
But in the event of a new forfeit of the man with the armband, the choice of the Danilo-Kimpembe duo remains a priority in the mind of Mauricio Pochettino.
Decisive next days
The PSG coach will undoubtedly give news of his central defender this Friday at a press conference.
A new medical point will be given for the occasion, on the eve of the trip to Metz during the 34th day of L1.
Can he be included in the group required to travel to Moselle?
The Brazilian could continue his work of fitness while the troop try to bring back a victory of Saint-Symphorien.
The Parisian coach has got into the habit of being very careful with the return of injury.
Recently victims of the same injury to different degrees, Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Alessandro Florenzi were invited to resume competition after a long protocol of care, training and precautions.
Unlike his predecessor, Pochettino works in harmony with the medical staff and ensures all the necessary guarantees before restarting the machines and bodies.
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The next few days are shaping up to be decisive for Marquinhos. He must check that his changes of support at high intensity do not pose any problem and of course monitor the return of any pain in the thigh. Some are more surmountable than others. Depending on all these updates, the Parisian rampart will know at the beginning of the week if he has a chance to start PSG-City or more surely to sit on the sidelines, ready to play a few minutes in case.