Lionel Messi, world champion with the Argentine national team in the unforgettable Qatar 2022, will not play this Friday for Paris Saint Germain in the French Cup match against Chateauroux. He would only have minutes again next Wednesday for League 1 against Angers at the Parc des Princes.
PSG coach, Christopher Galtierconfirmed this Thursday in a press conference that the best player of the World Cup has been training normally since returning to Argentina, but wants to “available” for the next match.
“Leo trained yesterday and today. He won’t play tomorrow. We’re making sure he’s ready for the next match.”Galtier spoke in the preview of tomorrow’s match against third division team Chateauroux for the 32nd round of the French Cup.
Therefore, Messi’s reappearance would be next Wednesday against Angers for the 18th round of the French League 1.
In the last few hours the question has arisen as to whether clubs and fans should pay homage to Messi for the World Cup obtained after defeating France in the final and Galtier has not dodged the question.
“We’ll see when his next match is, but there’s no request or need for Leo to celebrate. I daresay our fans will celebrate, there’s no reason not to. It’s Messi, PSG player, world champion. We are very lucky to have a player like him at home.”
Paris Saint Germain, without Messi, Neymar or Kilian Mbappé, will visit Chateauroux this Friday from 17:00 at the Gaston Petit stadium with a capacity of just over 17,000 spectators.
What happens with Neymar? “Neymar’s absence had been planned for some time. The players who went to the World Cup have been followed up by our medical team and we have decided that Ney should be treated for his severe ankle sprain,” Galtier said at a press conference. match.
The Brazilian suffered an ankle injury in his opening match of the World Cup, against Serbia, before returning to the round of 16, scoring a goal against South Korea. To select was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Croatia.
And Mbappé? French forward and Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi have a few days off after returning to training immediately following the World Cup. I am currently in the US.
Source: agencies
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