This is the announced setback. Leo Messi is forfeited for the trip to Lyon this Sunday at 8:45 p.m., at the end of the 20th day of the French championship. The Argentine star “will continue his post-Covid individual recovery protocol during the coming days,” PSG announced on Saturday in a medical press release. The seven-time Ballon d’Or returned to France from Argentina on Wednesday following testing negative. But it was too fair to play a match of this importance, at his age (34) and with all the precautions due to his status. The Argentinian press had however announced the opposite as soon as his positivity was revealed, counting on his presence at Groupama stadium.
Messi is not the only package, with the epidemic hitting hard within the capital club. Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler, Danilo Pereira, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Layvin Kurzawa “continue their isolation due to Covid-19”, says the medical point once more. Alexandre Letellier, one of the guards, “continues his care for a low grade lesion of the right calf”. The same goes for Neymar who “continues his care with members of the medical and performance staff of Paris Saint-Germain. His return to training is still expected in regarding 3 weeks. The Brazilian is in his native country and does not return to France until this Sunday, according to a previous point.
