The player of the París Saint-Germain, Neymar Jr, He celebrated his 29th birthday this Friday with his best friends and family in Paris. After a discreet meeting away from controversy, an atypical Brazilian soccer player, ‘Ney’ celebrated his new year of life. Although everything was calm, it has taken its toll on him and he may miss Sunday’s game at PSG.
Neymar Jr is one of the key players of Mauricio Pochettino since his arrival at Princes Parkalthough he has not been able to prevent ‘les parisiens’ from losing leadership to Ligue 1, currently in the hands of the Olympic lyon, with 52 units, four more than PSG adds, in the third box, surpassed by Lille, with 51 points and one game less than the leader.
Therefore it would be a more than significant loss for the visit of PSG Órange Velodrome, the home ground of Olympique Marseille, faces the dispute of the great classic of French football this Sunday. As reported by the club on its social networks, Neymar Jr. had stomach ache therefore he had to miss training on Saturday, shortly after celebrating his birthday.
In a statement on their website and social networks, ‘les parisiens’ pointed this out “Neymar is absent from training this morning due to gastroenteritis. It will be evaluated in the coming hours ”. The PSG also confirmed the positive in the coronavirus of Timothee Pembele by Covid and confirmed victims of Diallo, Dagba, Ander Herrera Y Keylor Navas.
Medical point in front #OMPSG📍
– Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) February 6, 2021
With the game against Barça in sight …
FC Barcelona and PSG will meet on February 16 in the knockout stages of the Champions League, in a clash that promises to be a spectacle. While the Catalans have recovered their best version in 2021 and put in a significant string of consecutive wins, in the League and the King’s Cup, the reality is the French were irregular this beginning of the year.
For Mauricio Pochettino It is essential that Neymar 100% in the coming days and possibly available for the visit to Barcelona, which marks the first time the Brazilian has seen his face with his former squad since he left in 2017.