Barely hours after Didier Deschamps took the time to talk about the bad patch passed through by Presnel Kimpembe, the medical unit of the France team told us about the last minute package of the Parisian player.
"Injured in the left thigh and forced to withdraw from the November rally, the Parisian is replaced by the Barcelona Clément Lenglet", indicates the press release released Thursday evening.
"The medical examinations he passed this Thursday the day after the Champions League meeting between Paris-SG and Red Bull Leipzig revealed an injury to the hamstrings of the left thigh," said one. on the side of the Blues.
Now, what did Didier Deschamps tell us about the Parisian titi?
That he was "one of those players who play every game, maybe even a little too much."
#Kimpembe, package for the Blues, in 2021:
L1
29 games played out of
33/26
in full.
C1
10 matches played out of 10/10 in full.
Blues
12 matches played out of 14/12 in full.
57 matches possible, 51 played, 48 in full.
5160 possible minutes, 4449 played.
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- Timothé Crépin (@T_Crepin) November 4, 2021
Soft euphemism from the coach since, hold on tight, Kimpembe has played all 17 PSG games since the start of the season (including 16 as a starter), to which must be added three games with the team France, against Ukraine, Finland and against Spain in the final of the League of Nations (DD had let it blow in the half against Belgium).
However, when we see the level of commitment that the Parisian soldier puts when he is on the ground, we say to ourselves that this injury was unfortunately inevitable.
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