The paris saint germain will receive from 9 (Argentina time) to auxeres in the Parque de los Príncipes the 15th appointment of Ligue 1. It is the last game of Lionel Messi with the PSG shirt just 9 days after the debut of the Albiceleste in Qatar World Cup 2022 against Saudi Arabia. The Argentine captain has been called up but it is not yet known whether he will start.
“No one will rest. All available players can play“, warning Christopher Galtier. The PSG technical director’s words unnerved the Argentine team because Lionel Scaloni hoped that the Argentine star could rest to get to the World Cup without problems.
“None of my players have come to tell me that they don’t want to play or that they are afraid of this last match before the World Cup,” Galtier said of the last date of the domestic tournament in France before the World Cup interruption , where he has to face a team that lurks in the bottom places of the table. Even so, he will have all the figures of him, including Mbappé and Neymar.
Lionel Messi’s last minutes on the pitch date back to more than a week ago, when he played the Champions League match against Juventus. After that match he was absent due to an inflamed Achilles tendon and was able to rest. On Thursday he returned to training normally with the team led by Galtier.
It is not yet known whether Lionel Messi will start or come on as a substitute. Meanwhile, he will travel to Abu Dhabi on Monday to join the Argentine national team concentrate.
There, his colleagues Germán Pezzella, Franco Armani, Guido Rodríguez and Federico Gomes Gerth will be waiting for him, the first to reach Qatari soil. The athletes have already trained thinking about the friendly match against the United Arab Emirates and their debut in the World Cup.
The word to the DT
When FIFA decided to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup, they broke the mould. A country without an adequate structure, with little footballing tradition and a hostile climate. But with a lot of money.
The World Cup tournament will be played in an unusual month – and not in the middle of the year, as always happens – due to the temperatures in the Middle Eastern country. This has forced the players to be part of a restricted calendar which has generated many injuries due to excessive physical effort. The fact that many of the world championships are still playing just days before the start of the World Cup is a clear example of the lack of predictability.
However, faced with this panorama, DT has decided not to give its figures a break. And at the press conference he was blunt: “I won’t give anyone rest. No one will rest. I repeat? I won’t give anyone restGaltier said with a smile.
“No player has told me that he doesn’t want to play on Sunday or that he fears getting injured before the World Cup. My office door is always open; they know they can come and talk to me all the time. I wouldn’t be surprised if a player comes up to me and tells me that he is scared to play his last game. I have an obligation to form a very competitive team against Auxerre”, he completed in front of the cameras.
Although Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar are called up to face Auxerre, marquinhos, defender of the Brazilian national team, was sidelined with a muscle soreness. In this way, the captain of the team led by Tite will arrive rested at the World Cup competition. Another one that hasn’t been mentioned is the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Probable formations
The possible eleven of the psg: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Nordi Mukiele, Sergio Ramos, Presnel Kimpembe, Juan Bernat; Marco Verratti, Vitinha, Renato Sanches; Neymar; Hugo Ekitike, Pablo Sarabia. DT: Christophe Galtier.
The probable eleven of the auxeres: Benoit Costil; Rayan Raveloson, Jubal, Julian Jeanvier, Mensah; Lassine Sinayoko, Biramá Touré, Hamza Sakhi, Gauthier Hein; M’Baye Niang, Nuno Da Costa. DT: Guy Roux.
Source: Clarin
