Published February 20,2023
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Paris St Germain’s intense fixture schedule has performed a component in Neymar’s newest damage, coach Christophe Galtier mentioned, after the ahead sprained his ankle and was stretchered off the pitch in Sunday’s 4-3 comeback win over Lille in Ligue 1.
Brazilian ahead Neymar, who scored PSG’s second purpose within the seventeenth minute, left the sphere in tears early within the second half after colliding with Lille’s Benjamin Andre and rolling his ankle.
“Neymar suffered a sprained ankle during the game against Lille and underwent an MRI scan today. It did not reveal any fracture,” PSG mentioned in a press release. “A new ligament assessment will be carried out in 48 hours.”
The membership didn’t present particulars on how lengthy Neymar can be unavailable. The 31-year-old sustained injury to the identical ankle throughout final yr’s World Cup in Qatar and missed two video games.
Ligue 1 leaders PSG face Marseille, who’re 5 factors behind in second, away subsequent weekend and host Nantes earlier than taking up Bayern Munich within the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie as they give the impression of being to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
Neymar has twice spent prolonged spells on the sidelines after sustaining metatarsal fractures earlier than PSG’s last-16 tie in opposition to Real Madrid in 2019 and in opposition to Manchester United the next yr, with the French facet being knocked out on each events.
“This is not bad luck,” Galtier mentioned. “There are at all times causes for accidents – the schedule, the sequence of video games. It is rarely random. He is being examined to know the severity of his sprain.
“Of course, it complicates things and that’s the way it is. We have to keep our heads down. We’re going to do it again, but with a victory. That is more pleasant.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
