No return to Lisbon for João Neves. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, trained at Benfica, is absent from the group selected by Luis Enrique for PSG’s trip to the Portuguese capital to challenge Sporting, this Tuesday in the Champions League (9 p.m.).
Victim of “muscle discomfort”, the Portuguese international had already missed the reception of Lille last Friday in Ligue 1 (3-0) after spending the entire match against Paris FC in the Coupe de France on the substitutes’ bench.
Lucas Hernandez still suspended
He will therefore miss his third consecutive meeting and is added to the list of long-term absentees: Matvey Safonov, Kang-in Lee and Quentin Ndjantou, also unavailable for the meeting counting for the 7th day of the league phase. Involved in the CAN final this Sunday, Achraf Hakimi and Ibrahim Mbaye are logically left to rest. For his part, Lucas Hernandez will serve the second match suspension he received following his expulsion against Tottenham on November 26 (5-3).
The rest of the group, which includes young Noah Nsoki (18 years old) for the first time in the Champions League, will try to achieve their fifth success in the regular phase, necessary to keep intact the hopes of finishing in the top 2. As a reminder, PSG is currently third, two points from Bayern Munich and five points from Arsenal.
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