{"id":23694,"date":"2026-02-20T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/psgs-dembele-misses-match-against-metz-due-to-calf-injury-ahead-of-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:13:32","slug":"psgs-dembele-misses-match-against-metz-due-to-calf-injury-ahead-of-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/psgs-dembele-misses-match-against-metz-due-to-calf-injury-ahead-of-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG&#8217;s Dembele misses match against Metz due to calf injury ahead of Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele will miss Saturday&#8217;s Ligue 1 match against Metz with a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>The club said in its weekly medical bulletin published on Friday: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Ballon d&#8217;Or winner<\/span> He plans to do gym training indoors over the next few days until he recovers. <\/p>\n<p>PSG hosts Monaco on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League play-offs, having led 3-2 from the first leg. Dembele injured his left calf during the match. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">It came off<\/span> In the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Luis Enrique did not say whether Dembele would be fit for next week&#8217;s game against Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a blow. We don&#8217;t take any risks on any players.&#8221; \u201cWe want to manage this in the best way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dembele is <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">hampered by injury<\/span> throughout the season. The 28-year-old was injured in early September. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">play for france<\/span> In November, he came on as a substitute in the first half against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring a career-best 35 goals overall last season, he now has 11 goals in 25 games.<\/p>\n<p>PSG are second in the French league, trailing front-runners Reims by one point heading into this weekend&#8217;s games. <\/p>\n<p>Luis Enrique could remember <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Lucas Chevalier<\/span> Following the departure of Gianluigi Donnarumma to Manchester City, both goalkeepers will compete for the No. 1 shirt this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lens host Monaco on Saturday. ___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/psg-dembele-injury-01e1a5c61fdfa3e4b9b6d37db5431e99\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele will miss Saturday&#8217;s Ligue 1 match against Metz with a calf injury. The club said in its weekly medical bulletin published on Friday: Ballon d&#8217;Or winner He plans to do gym training indoors over the next few days until he recovers. PSG hosts Monaco on Wednesday in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PSG&#039;s Dembele misses match against Metz due to calf injury ahead of Champions League - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/psgs-dembele-misses-match-against-metz-due-to-calf-injury-ahead-of-champions-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PSG&#039;s Dembele misses match against Metz due to calf injury ahead of Champions League - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PARIS (AP) \u2014 Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele will miss Saturday&#8217;s Ligue 1 match against Metz with a calf injury. 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