The injury to the right ankle of Lucas Chevalier, forfeited last Saturday against Rennes and absent again this Wednesday in Bilbao in the Champions League, had unexpected repercussions since it revived speculation concerning the cohabitation between the Russian Matvey Safonov and the Ukrainian Illia Zabarnyi. Many questions accompanied the transfer of the former Bournemouth defender (23 years old) last summer, due to the armed conflict which has opposed the two countries for more than three years. They resurfaced after Zabarnyi withdrew from the previous match, the evening when the goalkeeper from Krasnodar (26 years old) played his first minutes of the season.
A funny coincidence? Should we see a link between the absence of the Ukrainian and the tenure of the Russian? On the PSG side, as in Illia Zabarnyi’s entourage, we were quickly surprised to see this question arise. Annoyed that we could doubt the professionalism of the defender, the Parisian club did not understand this start of controversy. He said the player was suffering from the flu which had already forced him to miss training on Friday. Information that we can confirm.
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