It is a return that has been scrutinized and especially expected for some time at Paris-Saint-Germain. Kheira Hamraoui, who had been absent since early November after the assault she suffered, was called up for Sunday’s match against Saint-Etienne.
The 32-year-old midfielder hasn’t taken part in the competition for two and a half months and the ambush of which she was the victim. His teammate in midfield Aminata Diallo, heard in police custody in this case before being released without charge, resumed on January 9 against Dijon in the Coupe de France. “Both will definitely be in the group, and maybe even on the pitch depending on what will happen in the last training sessions”, Didier Ollé-Nicolle the Parisian coach had indicated on Friday before the trip to Forez.
Aminata Diallo and Kheiar Hamraoui, who have been cold since the affair, are both summoned for this meeting.
The Hamraoui affair has deeply shaken the locker room of the reigning French champions, but the coach now prefers to look to the future. “We have to work on ourselves to train and work together. If we do it, it’s to play together”, he said, claiming to have “only one idea: to put together the most competitive and successful team, ignoring everything else because that’s life, that’s the job, that’s the professional aspect” which should take precedence. Ollé-Nicolle counts on a group “not far from full” to stock up on points against Saint-Etienne, penultimate in the championship, and prepare for the arrival of Olympique Lyonnais the following week, on January 29, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.