Even in relief and joy, PSG never spares a worry or a little hassle. While he finally returned to victory this Sunday afternoon, after an incredible meeting against Losc (4-3), PSG also lost two of their major players to injury: Nuno Mendes (at the 31st minute) and especially Neymar, who left the lawn on a stretcher after a nasty movement of his right ankle (51st).
For the Portuguese, who had just returned from an injury contracted during the World Cup, the concern is already lifted. According to our information, supported by Christophe Galtier at a press conference, the young side has nothing. “It doesn’t matter, he stretched his muscle,” says the coach.
For Neymar, on the other hand, it is already a little more delicate. The images of his ankle and his exit on a stretcher, in tears, raised fears of the worst. The Brazilian immediately left for examinations to estimate the extent of the damage. Christophe Galtier said at a press conference that he suffered from a sprained ankle. An injury which, if it is benign, is equivalent to an unavailability of one to three weeks, minimum. The Brazilian can therefore already be considered forfeited for the trip to Marseille next Sunday, and probably for the trip to Munich on March 8…
On the other hand, the duration of the unavailability can be much longer, especially since it is not the first time, nor the second for that matter, that Neymar has been hit in this ankle. She had already caused him concern with Paris, during his fractures in the right foot, and the images of this same swollen ankle with Brazil, after the match against Serbia on November 24 during the World Cup, had gone around the world. .
A fragile area of Neymar’s body therefore. PSG awaits the result of the examinations passed by the Brazilian, and in particular to know if the ligaments have been affected. In this case, its unavailability could be much longer.