Are you missing just one being and everything is depopulated? Not PSG, who destroyed OM (4-0) last Sunday despite the premature exit of Kylian Mbappé. And this while the person concerned had scored eight of the 12 Parisian goals since the start of the season and there was always more talk of Mbappé-dependence before the Classic. The 24-year-old sprained his ankle at the very start of the match before coming off after half an hour of play, while Paris was already leading 1-0 on a free kick from the excellent Achraf Hakimi. It remains to be seen whether “KM” will be operational in Clermont on Saturday (5 p.m.), during the seventh day of Ligue 1. The suspense remains knowing that the person concerned, victim of what the club describes as “a small sprain to the left ankle », which is reassuring, has still not resumed collective training this Wednesday. He “performed exercises in the gym today,” we explain.
Not much more detail in the communication from the reigning French champions, who add that “a new point will be made on Friday”, on the eve of this clash of extremes facing the red lantern in the rankings. “It’s nothing serious,” Luis Enrique guessed on Sunday evening, imagining that he “will be back quickly.”
Without minimizing the importance of the 2018 world champion and 2022 world vice-champion, or disrespecting the Auvergne team, we imagine that Luis Enrique has no interest in taking risks to face Clermont. Especially with an offensive sector made up of Randal Kolo Muani, Gonçalo Ramos (scorers on Sunday), Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola to name a few. Especially since a few days later, Paris-SG will travel to the north of England to challenge Newcastle in the Champions League. It will be Wednesday evening (9 p.m.), at St-James’ Park. A real shock. A real test. Top scorer in PSG history with 220 goals, Kylian Mbappé has scored eight in six matches since the start of the season.