Pochettino assures that Messi’s absence is due to “medical controls” after Covid-19

Pochettino assures that Messi’s absence is due to “medical controls” after Covid-19

Before the press conference, the club issued a report detailing that Messi “will continue with his individual recovery protocol after Covid-19 for the next few days.”

Messi, also absent in the first game of the year for the French Cup, contracted coronavirus in the last days of 2021 and remained isolated in his hometown, Rosario, until last Wednesday when he was able to travel to Paris after a negative PCR test.

Anyway, the absence of Messi from the team was surprised at first tomorrow, since, strictly speaking, he has overcome Covid-19 and he had the football set-up, something that does not usually cost the Rosario star.

His comeback on the courts could happen next Saturday when PSG host Brest in the 21st. date of the French championship.

PSG number 30 is one of 8 casualties to visit Lyon along with injured Neymar and Alexandre Letellier and Covid-19 positives Ángel Di María, Julian Draxler, Danilo Pereira, Layvin Kurzawa and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

When asked whether so many absences condition the structure of Paris, Pochettino accepted that “all teams are diminished by casualties, be they due to injuries, suspensions or Covid.”

“The situation does not change much, we have to adapt and we are in that situation, adapting every day to the reality that we have to live,” he assumed.

PSG, leaders of Ligue 1 with 10 points of advantage as Olympique de Marseille, will visit Lyon this Sunday from 4:45 pm in Argentina with ESPN broadcast and the Star + platform.

Source From: Ambito

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