While the Parisian supporters pray night and day that Kylian Mbappé is present against Atalanta in the Champions League, in Bergamo, we are starting to make up for the case of Josip Ilicic. The Slovenian with 21 pawns in all competitions, may be absent for the match against PSG, said coach Gian Piero Gasperini on Tuesday after the narrow victory in Parma (2-1).
“I don't know, we see it day by day. But it seems difficult to me, ”said Gasperini in response to a question about Ilicic's presence against the Parisians.
As if Juve didn't have Dybala
Injured to the right ankle in June, Ilicic then played a few ends of the match and then completely disappeared from the scoresheets and is no longer summoned, without the club having communicated on his state of health. "We had to do without Zapata for a long time and now we have to deal with this very heavy absence," said Gasperini. “We don't have another player with the characteristics of Ilicic. We work things out a bit with Pasalic, a bit with Malinovskyi, a bit with Gomez who can play everywhere, ”he added.
Extremely talented but long irregular, Ilicic, 32, had managed until confinement a magnificent season, arguably the best of his career. He notably scored a quadruple against Valencia in the round of 16 second leg of C1 (4-3). “For us, Ilicic is fundamental. Until March he was unstoppable in the league as in the Cups. It's as if he lacked Dybala at Juventus, Immobile at Lazio or Lukaku at Inter, ”lamented Gasperini.
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