2023-11-04 13:41:54
Nine months later, Nikola Karabatic is back with the Blues. Sidelined from the field due to phlebitis in his right leg, which forced him to end his 2022-2023 season prematurely, the man with 347 caps is back in the French team. Retained in the group by Guillaume Gille to challenge Romania in a friendly match this Saturday at 5:15 p.m. near Toulouse, the PSG left-back, returning to competition at the end of August with the Parisian club, no longer wore the jersey struck by the rooster since the World Championship final lost on January 29 against Denmark (34-29).
Aged 39, the French legend is engaged in the final season of his career, as revealed on August 25, and has his sights set on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the last major goal of his career. For this, Karabatic, already three times Olympic champion, will have to find a place in the list reduced to 15 players who will participate in the competition in Paris from July 25 to August 11, 2024.
Before that, the Blues will take part in the Euro in Germany (January 10-28), a first justice of the peace to arbitrate the competition that the former Barcelona player will compete with Elohim Prandi, competitor for the position of Karabatic at PSG, but also with Aymeric Minne or Thibaud Briet (Nantes). First element of response at the end of the afternoon against Romania.
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