Kylian Mbappe faces three weeks out with a thigh harm and can miss the primary leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League last-16 tie in opposition to Bayern Munich on February 14, his membership introduced Thursday. The France star was damage in the course of the first half of Wednesday’s 3-1 win at Montpellier in Ligue 1 having earlier had two penalties saved. PSG coach Christophe Galtier had initially urged Mbappe had suffered a knock to the again of the knee relatively than a muscle harm, however checks have since confirmed the true extent of the issue.
“After undergoing tests, Kylian Mbappe suffered an injury to the left thigh at the level of the femoral biceps,” stated a membership assertion.
If he misses three weeks as anticipated, Mbappe also can count on to take a seat out subsequent midweek’s French Cup last-16 tie in opposition to Marseille and faces a race in opposition to time to return for a probably pivotal Ligue 1 sport away to the identical opponents on the finish of this month.
However, PSG will hope that Mbappe, who has scored 25 objectives in 26 appearances for his membership this season, will likely be match for the second leg in opposition to Bayern in Germany on March 8.
The information is a bitter blow for the French giants, who’re determined to keep away from a repeat of what occurred final season after they have been knocked out of the Champions League within the final 16 by Real Madrid.
The Qatar-owned membership have develop into used to harm crises involving their star gamers forward of key Champions League video games in recent times.
A fractured metatarsal prevented Neymar from taking part in a full half in a last-16 defeat to Madrid in 2018 and the same drawback dominated him out of their loss to Manchester United on the identical stage a 12 months later.
PSG are hoping to win European membership soccer’s most prestigious competitors for the primary time after over a decade of making an attempt for the reason that Qatari takeover of 2011.
They have been eradicated within the final 16 in 4 of the final six seasons, though they reached the ultimate in 2020, dropping to Bayern in Lisbon, and have been crushed semi-finalists a 12 months later.
PSG satisfied Mbappe to remain on the membership final 12 months and signal a brand new contract regardless of curiosity in him from Real as they hoped he would make them glory in Europe.
Mbappe’s harm comes simply over a month after he starred on the World Cup in Qatar, ending because the event’s prime scorer with eight objectives together with a hat-trick within the closing, which France misplaced on penalties to Argentina.
The timing is much more of a blow for PSG after they endured a irritating finish to the January switch window on Tuesday after they did not course of the paperwork to finish the mortgage signing of Hakim Ziyech from Chelsea.
The Moroccan winger had already handed a medical and was set so as to add an additional choice in assault for Galtier after the departure of one other ahead, Pablo Sarabia, to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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