2023-05-26 16:11:05
Victim of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament during the Euro last July, PSG striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto is still uncertain for the World Cup this summer with the France team. She will take an exam on Tuesday to assess her chances of participating in the World Cup.
French striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto, seriously injured in July in one knee, will undergo medical examinations on Tuesday May 30 in Clairefontaine to assess her chances of participating in the World Cup this summer, AFP learned on Friday from sources familiar with the matter.
Exams at Clairefontaine this Tuesday
“MAK”, the star center-forward of PSG and Les Bleues, has been dragging a serious injury since July 2022 and has still not tasted competition again. She will undergo examinations on Tuesday at the Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines medical center which will be decisive for a decision concerning her participation in the World Cup in Australia (July 20-August 20), according to two sources familiar with the matter.
In the meantime, number 9 remains in the running to appear in the list that coach Hervé Renard must unveil on June 6 at 4 p.m., insist these sources, specifying that “no decision has been made”.
“If we can have him with us, I would be the first to be delighted”
Victim during the Euro of a rupture of a ligament in the right knee and a crack in the meniscus, the 24-year-old player is in the rehabilitation phase. She has resumed running and has been retouching the ball since the end of April. Will it be delivered in time for the World Cup this summer? Hervé Renard said he had “not the answer”, Sunday in an interview with AFP, affirming however “to give himself every chance” to count her in his group.
“We will make sure to respect the medical aspect, the athletic aspect so as not to go against the physical integrity of this player who still has a bright future ahead of her. But if we can have her with us, I would be the first to be delighted,” commented the coach.
Only one package declared for the moment
“A player, if she brings me something over 30 minutes, and those 30 minutes are in the final, I sign immediately! That’s why we are 23 (on the list for the World Cup, editor’s note ), otherwise it would be pointless to make such large groups”, continued Hervé Renard. “She can be important at crucial moments in a big competition,” he added.
For the time being, the only package already recorded is that of Delphine Cascarino, striker of Olympique Lyonnais. The recovery times of her teammate Griedge Mbock, central defender, make her presence very uncertain in Australia. On the other hand, optimism is in order for striker Kadidiatou Diani, injured at the end of March with PSG but expected among the globalists.
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