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Paris (AFP) – French club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Monday that its Brazilian star Neymar, who has been absent since the end of last November due to a left ankle injury, is ready to play the expected summit against Real Madrid on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes in Paris in the first leg of the final price competition. UEFA Champions League Football.
The club indicated that only Spanish defender Sergio Ramos will miss the match against his former team due to a calf injury.
And the Argentine coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino, expressed his optimism after the victory over Rennes in the league (1-0) in the local league on Friday, about the chances of “Neymar’s return to the stadiums.”
The Argentine said: “You have to beware of expectations that sometimes do not correspond to reality. The development of Neymar’s condition is very good. I hope he will be in the group, he is an important player for us.”
And the return of Neymar, even if he is expected to sit on the bench on Tuesday due to his long absence from the stadiums, is good news for Pochettino, whose squad seemed to need the creative qualifications of the Brazilian star, one of the most influential players on the team’s style of play.
Neymar, 30, was injured in the match against Saint-Etienne on November 28, and on Monday morning he participated in the first 15 minutes of open media training.
The start of the former Barcelona star’s season was shy, like his fellow Argentine strikers Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Neymar scored three goals in 14 matches.
Ander Herrera is also back in the St Germain squad after recovering from a thigh muscle injury, while former Real Madrid captain Ramos is absent due to a calf injury.
Saint-Germain did not specify the date of Ramos’ return, only saying, “His injury will be reassessed within a week.”
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