Man of the match against Flamengo on Wednesday in Qatar, the Russian goalkeeper suffers from a broken left hand, as reported by Paris this Friday. Kang-in Lee and Bradley Barcola are also cited in the medical press release.
Cruel for Matfey Safonov… Author of an XXL performance against Flamengo (1-1 ap, 2-1 tab) on Wednesday, in Qatar, in the final of the Intercontinental Cup, the 26-year-old Russian international goalkeeper (17 caps) relaunched the debate for the starting position in the Parisian goals after what was “the first grand final of (his) career“. In fact, he took advantage of Lucas Chevalier’s injury in Monaco (1-0) to come out with four good matches. Said Knight was operational for the last two, but Luis Enrique chose Safonov. Which Safonov is in turn stuck in the infirmary.
In his medical point on the eve of the Coupe de France match against the fans of Fontenay-le-Comte (N3), Saturday (9 p.m. beIN SPORTS), in Nantes, PSG reports that the former Krasnodar player “suffers a broken left hand following the match against Flamengo. A new update will be made within 3 to 4 weeks“. A priori, Matfey Safonov will miss at least the Ligue 1 match against Paris FC and the Champions Trophy against OM at the start of the year. The opportunity, undoubtedly, for Chevalier to convince.
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The tile for Lee, Barcola out in Nantes too
As for Saturday’s match in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, remember that the capital club will have to do without the services of Willian Pacho, “left to rest“. Two other absences announced, starting with that of Bradley Barcola, who “remains in care following muscle fatigue“. Out with injury against Flamengo on Wednesday, Kang-in Lee is, like Safonov, out for a good while. The 24-year-old South Korean international (44 caps, 10 goals) was “victim of a muscle injury to the left thigh» to Al-Rayyan. He “will be unavailable for several weeks“. Achraf Hakimi (ankle) is in Morocco hoping to be available as quickly as possible for the African Cup of Nations with the Atlas Lions.
