Paris Saint-Germain don receive heavy blow ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich. The club confirm say Achraf Hakimi, their star right-back, no go fit play for the return match due to thigh injury.
PSG announce on Wednesday say Hakimi dey suffer from right thigh injury and go dey out for the next few weeks. The injury happen during the first leg wey PSG win 5-4 at Parc des Princes on Tuesday night. Hakimi play through pain for the closing minutes because PSG don already use all their substitutions.
The Moroccan international, wey finish sixth for Ballon d’Or voting last year, be key player for Luis Enrique side. Without am, PSG go miss im defensive solidity and attacking threat from the right flank. Midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, who dey 20 years old, be the likely replacement for right-back position.
Second-choice goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier also no go travel to Germany because of injury. He injure im right thigh during training on Wednesday morning. PSG travel to Munich on May 6 with 5-4 aggregate lead, but the absence of Hakimi be major concern.
Bayern Munich, wey only lose two matches this season before the first leg, go try use this advantage. The German champions lose to Arsenal and Augsburg earlier for the campaign. Luis Enrique call the first leg the best match wey im don ever coach.
Questions now dey rise about Hakimi availability for Morocco for the World Cup. But for now, PSG focus on how to contain Bayern without their best fullback for the Allianz Arena.
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