PARIS (AP) — Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele Paris Saint-Germain and goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier will miss Wednesday’s Champions League game against Athletic Bilbao.
PSG announced that Dembele is unwell, while Chevalier is still recovering from a right ankle injury.
It’s another setback for Dembele. Dembélé returned from a left calf injury suffered against Tottenham at the end of November, but only appeared in two more games in the French league.
Prior to that, Dembele had been sidelined for several weeks due to injury. right hamstring injury He was injured while playing for France in September.
PSG’s right-back, Achraf Hakimi, of the Morocco national team, has sprained his left ankle, and it will be a race against time for him to recover before the African Cup of Nations, which will be held in his home country from December 21st, while Desiree Douai has recovered from a muscle strain in her right thigh and will rejoin coach Luis Enrique’s team.
Matvei Safonov is expected to start as goalkeeper in the absence of Chevalier, who was injured following a heavy tackle by Lamine Camara in the match against Monaco on November 29.
P.S.G. won the Champions League last season They are currently in second place after five league games, three points behind leaders Arsenal.
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