In recent weeks and the arrival of high-altitude deadlines for Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, the club’s medical press releases have been closely scrutinized. The first big news came this Friday, on the eve of the Ligue 1 trip to Angers: Nuno Mendes is returning to the group.
Forced to be replaced before half-time during the C1 quarter-final return won at Liverpool (0-2) on April 14, the essential Portuguese full-back has therefore recovered from his muscular injury to his right thigh and should be able to start the semi-final clash on Tuesday (9 p.m.) against Bayern Munich. The other major information concerns his compatriot Vitinha.
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The metronome of the Parisian midfielder, victim of “heel inflammation” against OL (1-2) last Sunday, is out for this 31st day of Ligue 1. However, the news transmitted by PSG is not alarming. “The inflammation in Vitinha’s right heel is progressing favorably, he is continuing individual work,” the club press release said this Friday. Obviously don’t count on Luis Enrique to publicly rejoice at this development.
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“Nothing has changed” regarding Vitinha’s chances of starting Tuesday in front of Vincent Kompany’s squad, the Spanish coach said. In the meantime, he evokes “a real pleasure” to find in his group another hero of the epic of spring 2025 in C1, Fabian Ruiz. Author of two returns (18 then 30 minutes of play) against OL then Nantes (3-0) after three months of knee injury, the Spanish midfielder embodies the rise in power of the defending champion of the Champions League, at the time of clashing with the formidable Bayern.
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