PSG’s Champions League Options Face Uncertain Future with Midfield Injuries

PSG is going to play, on December 13, in Dortmund, its Champions League options with a decimated midfield. After the confirmed injury of Zaïre-Emery, the jewel in the crown of the Parisian quarry and a fundamental piece this season, the next to fall was Fabián Ruiz, who suffered a dislocation in his right shoulder this Sunday against Le Havre and did not will be able to travel to Germany in what is anticipated as a final that will mark the future of the Parisians’ season.

The Andalusian was substituted in the 7th minute, being evacuated from the Stade Oceane on a stretcher. Although the first scans were encouraging, ruling out the fracture, a second test he underwent this Monday has further clarified the extent of the injury, confirming his absence next Wednesday in the Champions League match at Signal Iduna Park.

Luis Enrique, therefore, should line up Ugarte, Vitinha and Kang-in Lee in the first final of the season, a midfield that has barely coincided on the field of play, since Fabián Ruiz had been in charge of making the Zaire-Emery’s work in the last games. PSG will be first in the group if they win, second if they draw and Newcastle do not beat Milan, but a draw and a win for the Magpies will eliminate them from the top continental competition.

Meanwhile, the Asturian coach, according to Le Parisien, has already asked the board to go to the transfer market to reinforce the core. Cher Ndour, Italian under-21 international, is not registered in the Champions League, and his participation throughout the season has been testimonial. Soler, another alternative in the middle, is a right back for Luis Enrique and has not yet made his debut in the Champions League, so he cannot be considered a possibility for the Dortmund game, nor for the remainder of the season, at least in the center of the field.

The profile that the former Spanish coach wants to sign is experienced. Luis Enrique has confirmed, during the first months of the competition, that PSG is missing a footballer with extensive experience in Europe. Ugarte, Zaïre-Emery and Vitinha, also Kang-in Lee, are players without extensive experience in the European Cup, something that has diminished the performance of the Parisians in the group stage. In Dortmund, in a game of life or death, the capital club cannot fail if it does not want to add the umpteenth setback in recent years in a tournament that has inflicted real headaches.

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2023-12-05 16:12:08
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