After more than a month out for an injury, a key PSG player got some great news for Sunday’s match and Mauricio Pochettino is thrilled.
PSG play against Olympique Lyon in a crunch Ligue 1 match on Sunday and Mauricio Pochettino needs all his available players. Over the last month, Neymar hasn’t played a single minute while he recovered from a muscular injury. The last time he played was on February 10th, he even missed both Champions League matches against FC Barcelona. After more than a month, Paris Saint-Germain finally has the expected news of Neymar’s return.
Although he was basically recovered during the second match against the Blaugrana, Pochettino decided to rest him a little longer. He knew that tomorrow’s match against Olympique Lyon was way more important considering they had the result in the bag. With both squads fighting for the tournament’s second place at 60 points, this win is pivotal in their attempts to remain with options against Lille at the top. Pochettino is obviously thrilled to have Neymar fully fit and ready to play.
Pochettino knows beating Lyon is crucial.
“Neymar is in the list of players who will be in the group,” he said via PSG’s official website. “It is a great joy to be able to count on him. It’s a big step for him and for the team. We like to apply common sense. After the match against Caen, it’s been about five weeks or almost six since he played. It will be difficult to see him from the start of the match. “It’s already good that he can be there. He will get in shape to have more and more minutes. The truth is, it’s a very important game.
“I don’t know if it’s a final but it’s almost like it. It is three very important points for the standings. It won’t be definitive, but it will be very important for the classification. The circumstances of each match are different. We hope that it [the defeat] will not be repeated but we expect an aggressive Lyon with a lot of quality. The players in the middle in Lyon are great players and it will be difficult. Either team can win. We respect Lyon but we are going there to bring back the three points.”
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