Every year, at a time when the Champions League returns and the heights rise, the month of February is often a time of tension that the PSG medical bulletin fuels.
This season, we must believe that this bad luck which pursues the French champion before the big meetings left last summer with Neymar and others.
There are still three training sessions before the match against Real Sociedad on Wednesday and barring a cataclysm, Paris will show up for the first time with a barely full infirmary.
See you Tuesday around 11 a.m. to confirm.
Certainly Nuno Mendes, Presnel Kimpembe and Milan Skriniar will miss this major step but the capital club has been ready for several weeks or even months.
Saturday evening at the Parc against Lille, to take no risks, Luis Enrique rotated in large proportions, leaving Mbappé on the bench, embarrassed on one knee after receiving a blow against Brest on Wednesday and who remained in care these two last days.
“He feels good physically.
We didn't want to take any risks.
If it had been a final, he would have played.
This was not the case.
It wouldn't have made sense for him to play.
On Wednesday, he will be 100% without a doubt,” confided the Spanish technician after the victory over Lille (3-1).
Even Navas played again, a first in L1 this season
Against Lille, in addition to the Parisian star, the coach left Marquinhos, Vitinha, Hakimi and Barcola on the sidelines at kickoff.
And even Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Simple question of rotation.
On the pitch, Navas warmed up the gloves for a baptism in L1 this season, when Kolo Muani and Gonçalo Ramos played together again for the first time since the Coupe de France match against Orléans (4-1, January 20).
" Rotate ?
It was smart.
We want all players to be in the best physical condition to play.
If we have the full squad, it's incredible for us, it's incredible for the coach.
It gives us more possibilities to have a good match and a good result, explained Vitinha.
It was good preparation.
And even the match against Brest was good for us because of the result and the way we played.
We are confident and we can’t wait to play this match.”
In 2015, Paris lost four players before the 8th leg
Over the past three years, Paris has regularly experienced injuries which sow doubts and attract the attention of all supporters.
Last year before the visit to Bayern Munich, the physical problems of Kylian Mbappé, injured in the hamstring, fueled the headlines before the match against the German giant.
The year before, at a time when Mauricio Pochettino was in charge of the team, Ramos and Herrera were missing.
And in 2021, Di Maria and Neymar missed the trip to Barcelona in an empty Camp Nou.
Worse still in 2015, where Cabaye, Lucas, Aurier and Marquinhos were injured in the same match against Caen, just before hosting Chelsea.
Against the Northerners, all the Parisians returned to the locker room without any major problem and this point, like the scenario of the meeting, was enough to delight Luis Enrique.
“It’s a very complete match.
A match that looked a bit like the one against Brest.
It will also look like the one against Real Sociedad because we will have to press well.
They forced us to perform.
We were at the level.
We saw the players' desire to be better game after game.
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Beautiful player, Paulo Fonseca, the Lille coach also shared the observation.
“Good luck to them for the Champions League.
PSG is stronger as a team.
Collectively, they all work defensively, they press hard.
PSG has a chance to do something special in the Champions League this season.
» In any case, he will approach this meeting with much more serenity than in previous years.