PSG-Barça: huge blow for the Parisians with the package of Nuno Mendes

“I don’t know if we can talk about injury”: Luis Enrique did not seem particularly worried about Nuno Mendes on Saturday, after the Parisian victory in Strasbourg (1-3). Entering the second half, the Portuguese full-back went straight to the locker room before the end of the match, visibly injured in a thigh. “He felt a little thing and we decided not to take any risks. Tomorrow (this Sunday), it will be the time to call on the doctors to assess the level of this little thing,” added “Lucho”. The little thing in question will deprive Mendes of the Barça reception on Tuesday. And even exclude him from the field for “the coming weeks”, as the capital club reports in a press release on Sunday afternoon.

Victim of a “left thigh injury”, as reported by the capital club this Sunday, the Portuguese arrow will indeed be missing for this shock of the third day of the Champions League. In fact, the person concerned will even be absent for the “next few weeks”. A real blow for Paris Saint-Germain, knowing that Nuno Mendes had to be on the side of a certain Lamine Yamal. Lucas Digne and Lucas Hernandez will be in the balance to replace him. Luis Enrique could also rely on Warren Zaire-Emery, who has already helped out in this position since the start of the current season. Parisian since 2022, Nuno Mendes, 24, has often been to his advantage during his duels with Lamine Yamal, whether with Paris or Portugal.