Daily care, individual work and a resumption of collective training this Thursday morning at 11 a.m.: in this week of the announcement of the list for the World Cup, Presnel Kimpembe's program remains unchanged.
Last week, the central defender was forced to forfeit the two meetings in Turin and Lorient due to a small injury to the Achilles tendon.
“Everything was fine, but he was walked on his tendon which was already painful, where a lot of care had been done, explained Christophe Galtier the day before the Champions League match.
The pain was too much.
But there is nothing alarming compared to the matches that we still have to play.
Last Saturday, the coach was once again reassuring about his defender: “He is continuing his re-athletics process and will be available for Auxerre.
“While the Parisians benefit from three days of rest, the situation of Kimpembe is above all a source of questioning for Didier Deschamps.
Before being injured on the eve of the match in Turin, the defender was indeed returning from a long unavailability.
Touched on September 10 against Brest, he only played eleven minutes against Haifa on October 25 before playing 58 minutes against Troyes on October 29.
Therefore, for the coach, two problems arise.
First, Kimpembe will certainly miss playing time, even if he takes part in Sunday's match against Auxerre.
Above all, despite the numerous medical returns that the staff of the Blues may have had, there remains uncertainty about how the central defender's tendon injury will evolve.
The player gave reassuring news to management.
We can also count on him to grit his teeth and overcome the pain, as he has often done in his career.
Nevertheless, there remains a part of doubt.
The wait for the list, this Wednesday at 20 Hours of TF1, certainly promises to be long for him.