LE Paris Saint-Germain will not have a very good memory of this evening of Friday, September 5, 2025. While his coach Luis Enrique broke the collarbone during an unfortunate bicycle fall in Spain, the capital club mainly lost two major players during the Ukraine-France match, counting for the qualifiers for the next World Cup. Touched in the calf, Désiré Doué came out at halftime and should be unavailable until the end of the month. For Ousmane Dembélé, the verdict could be even more serious, with at least six weeks.
Deschamps: “If I were a club, I would have had the same feeling”
The favorite of the next Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on September 22, will therefore miss several major meetings: Lens, Marseille and Strasbourg in Ligue 1 but also Atalanta and Barça in the Champions League. Problem: the player had arrived at the rally already decreased following his injury to the hamstrings contracted at the end of the game against Toulouse, while PSG conducted 5-1 comfortably (6-3 final score).
While Dembélé had only taken part in a single training with the Blues, Didier Deschamps and his staff judged him capable of replacing his Parisian teammate desired gifted at halftime. He was not a priori restored enough and the injury of the former Barcelona aggravated, which caused the anger of Paris Saint-Germain. The last winner of the Champions League published a scathing statement on Sunday in the face of this situation: “Paris Saint-Germain sent a letter to the French Football Federation urgently calling for a new Medico-Sportive Coordination Protocol between clubs and national selection, more transparent and collaborative, to make the health of the players and their medical support an absolute priority […] Recently occurred facts, serious and avoidable, must give rise to rapid and immediate corrective measures. »»
The coach did not fail to respond to this dissatisfaction on TF1 by recalling the protocol set up for injured players. “I understand, in their place, if I were a club, I would have had the same feeling. I’m not here to take risks […] But from the moment there are players who are on the field, zero risk does not exist. I take the example of this last gathering, I have Rayan Cherki and William Saliba who injure each other, the protocol says that it is acted, that they will not be able to play, so I do not make them come. The protocol provides that they have to come and have their injuries on Monday morning. We see with the player how it evolves. »»
A club World Cup to point the finger
Should we put everything on the back of the Blues and fully accuse Didier Deschamps de negligence? The Club World Cup, which saw PSG going to the final this summer, has undoubtedly created long -term damage. The Parisians had a shortened vacation and a funny preparation, with only a few days of training before their first official match against Tottenham. As we have seen in other European enrollments: the tournament organized in the United States has caused numerous injuries and tired organizations accordingly.
If medical staff and recovery have made dazzling progress for two decades, playing more than 60 games per season for a footballer is anything but normal. PSG is undergoing the dizziness of the number of meetings and this infernal rate that never ends. However, the club did not point to this calendar that exhausts its players upstream, and the Club World Cup was a sporting success which also made it possible to pocket a beautiful jackpot of 91.2 million euros. But at what price for the health of players?
Ousmane Dembélé has not yet spoken, but in this emerging conflict between a club and a federation, he has his say. Having become a determining element at PSG, the attacker trained in Rennes has still not reached these standards in the French team. After receiving the medical green light to play with the Blues, the 28 -year -old did not dispute this decision: in his desire to become complete everywhere, Dembélé is well aware that he must catch up with the Blues. This desire to play absolutely on Friday probably betrayed him.
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The kangaroo of the day
Answer
The UNFP, the main union of footballers in France, tried to challenge FIFA in the face of “calendar inconsistency. It is all necessary to set up new rules as quickly as possible ”. But in this era where each entity defends its own interests, it is undoubtedly lost difficulty: FIFA will not make a concession against clubs and UEFA, with which it has been in confrontation for many years. Bringing together all these beautiful people around a table is utopia.
For three days, it is a torrent of criticism that has been falling on the French team and Didier Deschamps. However, a selection remains precious and even if club football has taken a key place in recent years, it is important not to relegate the Blues and their objectives in the background. France will continue with a second qualification match this Tuesday against Iceland, with Bradley Barcola as a prolonged holder. PSG crosses their fingers to avoid yet another physical glitch.
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