Messi's first appearance in stadiums after winning the World Cup
It is expected that the Argentine star, Lionel Messi, will play his first match in the ranks of Paris Saint-Germain, 24 days after he led his country to win the World Cup for the third time in its history, when he visits Angers, who are in last place, on Wednesday, in the eighteenth stage of the French Football League. .
Messi, 35, was the best player in the world seven times. He returned to Paris last Tuesday and received a warm welcome in the next day's training, where the team's players stood face to face and applauded him as he entered the training grounds, before receiving a gift of a cup from the manager. Portuguese team athlete Luis Campos.
He then continued his individual training before joining the team collectively from Monday, and thus he will be ready to play the match, as his coach Christophe Galtier wished in a press conference last Thursday when he said, “He played an amazing World Cup, made a lot of efforts and was exposed to a lot of interference.
I will listen to what he tells me and I hope he will be available for the match against Angers.”
On the other hand, there is doubt about the participation of the Brazilian star Neymar, despite his participation in part of the training on Monday as well.
According to local newspapers, the medical staff will study the number of minutes that the Brazilian, who is still recovering from a sprained ankle injury, suffered during Brazil's first match against Serbia in the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
On the other hand, the other star, Kylian Mbappe, and Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi, who will return to training on Tuesday, will be absent in preparation for the match against Rennes next Sunday.
Galtier Mbappe and Hakimi were given a two-week vacation, as they were seen watching matches in the NBA in recent days.
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