The start of 2023 for PSG was not the best and far from expected, not because of the results themselves despite the recent elimination by French Cup, but from the plane of operation. Christophe Galtier continues to present a team without harmony that depends purely and exclusively on individualities in the vast majority of commitments.
In tune with a somewhat crooked gait that, although it is accompanied by victories in Ligue 1, at the cup level it already suffered a tough defeat, being eliminated in the round of 16, a fact that makes the team reel in the face of the first match in the round of 16 end of the Champions League against Bayern Munich.
Messi’s PSG eliminated in the French Cup
Added to the last loss against Olympique de Marseille for the French Cup, the injury of kylian mbappenow the concern for Lionel Messi appears on the scene, who was ruled out for the league commitment against Monaco next Saturday and doubts are sown as to his presence on Tuesday for the Champions League, the great pending account of the psg.
The man from Rosario set off the alarms in the French team ahead of the game against Bayern after an overload was revealed in the hamstrings that, although it did not translate into a fibrillar tear in the muscle, find the Parisian “30” between cotton. Hoping for a favorable evolution in said discomfort as the days go by, the captain of the Argentine national team I was marginalized from the squad list ahead of the next match for Ligue 1 against Monaco.
Now, all the hopes of the PSG medical and technical staff rest on the Rosario have optimal recovery and a smooth work week to be available to Galtier next Tuesday, February 14, for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes.
When did the concern for messi? In the middle of a match with Olympique de Marseille, the man from Rosario already complained of some discomfort and that is why he did not finish the last game well at all. Now, 24 hours after the defeat by the French Cup, it went from being a mere annoyance to being an overload that, although it did not present a degree of alarm, is an area that in this state must be handled with caution because it can worsen with the least effort.
In any case, from the French cast they express enthusiasm regarding their evolution during the break over the weekend. Added to this enthusiasm, the need for Messi to arrive in good condition for next Tuesday appears in the same escalation. with the cConfirmed loss of Mbappé for the first leg with Bayern (the return is on March 8 in Germany) and the presence of Neymar who arrives between cotton, everything falls on the physical reality of Messi who has been among the stars of the galactic attack front the most outstanding and regular of them in what it’s about the season
Messi’s PSG eliminated in the French Cup
This Messi injury is not something that came out of nowhere. It must be remembered that the world champion captain with Argentina has not stopped since he returned to Paris. After a month full of strong emotions, something that has the leading role of him on the physical level, added to the fact that he played the full seven World Cup matches, Rosario’s calendar did not diminish with his club. After lifting the blessed world cup in Qatar, Messi played six of the seven games that PSG faced from January 11 onwards and he only rested in the French Cup against the Pays de Cassel. In the middle, he faced the Arab team that led Marcelo Gallardo in Saudi Arabia and from January 29 to this Wednesday he played four full games that precisely resulted in this loaded hamstring.
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