The Parisian coach evokes the Mbappé case, the latter having returned to collective training on Monday. And this when we thought he was out for three weeks…
Will play, won’t play? Hit in the thigh on February 1, Kylian Mbappé was to miss three weeks of competition and therefore forfeit the first leg against Bayern on Tuesday (9 p.m.). This is what PSG had announced. “I don’t think he will be absent», suspected Julian Nagelsmann at the time. Well seen. Bondy’s crack is in the Parisian group for this round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. “He trained yesterday (Sunday) individually and with the group today (this Monday). He did all of today’s session. I didn’t think he was going to train yesterday individually“, admits Christophe Galtier, in a press conference, stressing that the “post-session feedback is very positive».
However, the Parisian coach does not want to sell the skin of the bear before having killed it, assuring that he “not sure yet» that we see the former Monegasque on the match sheet on Tuesday. “We will take stock tomorrow morning (Tuesday), when we meet again. The first questions will be asked to Kylian, on his feelings, how he can project himself in this match. Obviously, there will also be a discussion with my medical staff, who have done a very important job. But it was Kylian who did a tremendous job to give himself the best chance of being available. As I speak to you, I don’t know if he will be on the match sheet. I have to wait until tomorrow morning, to have his feelings“, says the 56-year-old technician to the press.
No bluff in sight
One thing is certain: promised, sworn, Galtier will not play the bluff card. “Will he be on the bench to scare Bayern? If he is on the match sheet, it will be to play. How long ? I don’t know. But he won’t make an appearance on the bench, that’s for sure.” Author of 24 goals in 25 outings since the start of the season, Kylian Mbappé, 24, has missed the last three matches of Paris Saint-Germain (Toulouse, Monaco, Marseille). The Red and Blue also recover Leo Messi and Marco Verratti for this C1 meeting, but still not Renato Sanches and Nordi Mukiele, the only two absentees.
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