Facing the reigning Ligue 1 champions, the Parisians will have to compose without Neymar and Mauro Icardi.
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We will still have to wait to see the return of Neymar on the lawns of Ligue 1. In the recovery phase after his sprained ankle, the PSG superstar will be absent for the Ligue 1 clash in Lille on Sunday, his club announced on Saturday. who also deplores the absence of Mauro Icardi, injured in one foot.
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The Brazilian “Benefited from a therapeutic supplement today (Saturday), for which he will remain working in the room for 48 hours before resuming his partial recovery protocol with the group”, said PSG. Touched in the left foot, the Argentinian striker Mauro Icardi will not be able to play in Lille either.
The Brazilian striker, who turns 30 on Saturday, missed the last two months of competition due to a sprained left ankle, contracted in Saint-Etienne (3-1) on November 28. His club remains hopeful of finding him for the knockout round of the Champions League against Real Madrid on February 15.
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum should be available for this clash. Victim of a sprained left ankle in mid-January, the captain of the Netherlands “will join the group next week”according to PSG.
Spanish defender Sergio Ramos, who injured his right calf again ten days ago, remains very uncertain to face Real. The former merengue club captain is due to resume racing in the middle of next week. As for the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, barely back from a stay with his selection, he trained separately on Saturday.