The absences of Marco Verratti, Kylian Mbappé (suspended) and Neymar (injured) were already known before PSG’s trip to Lorient on Wednesday evening. But the coronavirus was invited into the workforce of the leader of Ligue 1 to complicate the work of Mauricio Pochettino.
A group of 2️⃣2️⃣ players for the trip to Lorient! 🗒️#FCLPSG
– Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) December 22, 2021
“Following the PCR tests carried out yesterday [mardi] and this morning, [le défenseur] Thilo Kehrer and [le milieu] Eric-Junior Dina Ebimbe tested positive [au] Covid-19, the club said on his site, when communicating the group for the meeting at the penultimate. They will respect isolation and are subject to the appropriate health protocol. Leandro Paredes, meanwhile, was placed in solitary confinement yesterday as a precaution. “
However, the holding of this match on the 19th day of L1 is not threatened. According to the latest medical protocol of the LFP, a team is allowed to play as long as it has at least 20 players, including a goalkeeper. Comfortable a priori, even if, as we know, everything goes very quickly in football. And even more with the Omicron variant.