Lionel Messi still fixed for the trip to Bordeaux

Absent against Lepzig, Lionel Messi will not be on the trip to Bordeaux on Saturday either. It was Mauricio Pochettino, his coach, who announced it at a press conference on Friday, November 5, while PSG indicated in his medical report that the Argentine striker was continuing treatment this morning “for his knee pain and hamstring discomfort“.

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Lionel Messi is nevertheless summoned with the Argentine selection for the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup against Uruguay and Brazil, on November 12 and 16. “He will go for selection. We hope that he will be available and that he can come back after“, explained the coach of the PSG. Speaking of return, the medical point of the Parisian club specifies that Sergio Ramos, who still has not played a second with his new shirt of the PSG, should make his in collective training next week.

The meeting against Bordeaux will be the eighth PSG game missed by the former Barcelona, ​​whether for rest, injuries or a call-up for the national team. If he was restored and he would participate in the meeting against Uruguay on November 13 as well as that against Brazil a week later, he would have played almost as much in selection as in club since the start of the season (seven games with Argentina, eight with the PSG).