The day after the formalization of Paul Pogba’s package for the World Cup in Qatar (November 20 – December 17) and while several French internationals are still injured, each presence of a new Blue in an infirmary section immediately leads to a wind of concern. When the face and name of Presnel Kimpembe appeared on Tuesday in the PSG medical point, we feared the worst for the central defender. “Following a blow, he has discomfort in his right Achilles tendon,” said the club about its central defender who had only just returned to competition after a six-week absence, coming into play against Haifa, the last week, before experiencing his first tenure last Saturday against Troyes (3-2). On September 10, at the end of the match against Brest (1-0), he had indeed seriously injured his hamstrings.
Replaced by Marquinhos in the 58th minute on Saturday, Kimpembe would not necessarily have started in Turin on Wednesday. But he might have been able to come on late in the game and build up a few extra minutes of pace.
While Raphaël Varane, injured on October 23 in the right thigh, remains uncertain for the World Cup, the gradual return to form of Kimpembe would have been reassuring news for Didier Deschamps. If the blow suffered by the Parisian on Tuesday has, pending in-depth examinations, not had major consequences, he will be able to consider a return to training at the end of the week and hope to participate in the trip to Lorient on Sunday. .
This would be a good thing for him insofar as if, conversely, he were to have to skip the trip to Les Merlus, he would only have the meeting against Auxerre, Sunday 13, to save playing time before the trip to Qatar.
This Tuesday evening, at a press conference in Turin, Christophe Galtier returned to the circumstances of his defender’s package and its consequences: “Everything was fine but we walked on his tendon which was already painful, where a lot of care had been taken. carried out. The pain was too much. But there is nothing alarming compared to the matches that we still have to play.