Lisbon (AFP)
The black series of injuries continues despite the positive dynamic: PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas, victim of a muscle injury to a thigh Wednesday against Atalanta Bergamo (2-1), is "uncertain" for the semi-final of the League champions, scheduled for August 18, announced the Parisian club on Thursday.
"A clinical reassessment will be made on Saturday but participation in Tuesday's match is uncertain," PSG said in a statement, following the medical examination of the Costa Rican (33).
If his absence is confirmed, it is a hard blow for PSG and his coach Thomas Tuchel who relied on the experience of the triple winner of the Champions League to secure a qualification in the final.
In case of withdrawal, his natural replacement is Spaniard Sergio Rico (26), winner of the Europa League twice with Sevilla FC (2015, 2016).
For Thiago Silva, the news is more reassuring. The Parisian captain, also victim of a "contracture of the right hamstrings" against the Italian club, suffers from a "lesion" but "optimism" is required for him to play against the winner of the duel Atlético Madrid-Leipzig .
If Kylian Mbappé, who entered the game on Wednesday, is on the way to a return as a holder, Marco Verratti, injured in a calf, remains very uncertain. Just like the left side Layvin Kurzawa, also injured in the thigh and still in the recovery phase.
Absent from the last four of the C1 since 1995, Paris did not miss the opportunity offered by the new format in "Final 8" to repeat the best course in its history in European competition, on its fiftieth anniversary.
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