Paris (AFP)

Even without Neymar, PSG must prepare: the Parisian club benefits from a final break-in before Barcelona in the Champions League on Saturday against Nice, during a 25th day of Ligue 1 also marked by the start of Antoine's rescue mission Kombouaré with Nantes.

- The player: Kylian Mbappé -

After the injury of Angel Di Maria (thigh) Sunday in Marseille (2-0), then that of Neymar (adductor) in Caen (1-0) Wednesday in the Coupe de France, Paris SG trembles for the health of its executives , before heading to Camp Nou on Tuesday.

A few days before the round of 16 first leg of C1 that "Dima" and "Ney" will miss, coach Mauricio Pochettino may be tempted to leave the holders to rest, but the tight title race prevents him from losing.

Third (51 pts), PSG must win to stay in contact with Lille (54 pts) and Lyon (52 pts), knowing that Monaco (48 pts) is rushing behind.

Saturday against Nice (5:00 p.m.), a large part of the offensive responsibilities should fall to Kylian Mbappé, scorer at the Vélodrome.

"The sensations are coming back", explained the Bondy dragster, flashed at 36 km / h on his goal.

To score and, above all, not to get hurt: "Kyky" knows his track record.

- The trainer: Antoine Kombouaré -

Appointed Wednesday, the new Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré starts a new maintenance mission on the Angers field, Sunday (3:00 p.m.).

The Canaries, who know this season more technicians (4) than victories (3), remain in 16 consecutive games without winning, in all competitions.

They are barragists (19 pts), three points behind Lorient (17th) which has one game less.

"The players are at their worst, in great sporting and mental difficulty, you have to be with them, discuss, work," said the former PSG technician on Thursday.

"The pressure, I've always had it. It's important and I like it (...). I'm a big boy, I know what I'm doing", added the former Nantes defender (1983-1990 ), who saved Dijon from relegation in 2019.

- The number: 44 -

Bordeaux maintains against Marseille the longest series of invincibility at home against the same opponent: nearly 44 years, or 35 matches, since a defeat on October 1, 1977 (2-1) at Parc Lescure.

This statistic spices up each confrontation between the two teams, who meet on Sunday (9 p.m.) in Gironde, for their 116th face-to-face in the Championship.

Victorious with only one L1 match since mid-December, OM (9th, 33 pts) does not present a dynamic capable of breaking the curse, despite the expected return of defender Alvaro Gonzalez.

But the Girondins (10th, 32 pts) are doing almost worse, having lost their last four meetings.

"There may be a screw to give on my part," asked the Bordeaux coach Jean-Louis Gasset after an embarrassing elimination in the Coupe de France against Toulouse (2-0) on Wednesday.

Program for the 25th day of Ligue 1:

Saturday February 13

(5:00 p.m.) Paris SG - Nice

(19h00) Reims - Lens

(9:00 p.m.) Lyon - Montpellier

Sunday February 14

(13h00) Monaco - Lorient

(3:00 p.m.) Angers - Nantes

Dijon - Nîmes

Metz - Strasbourg

Rennes - Saint-Etienne

(5:00 p.m.) Lille - Brest

(21h00) Bordeaux - Marseille

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