Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain’s Angel Di Maria to overlook first leg of last-16 encounter towards Barcelona
Di Maria suffered a thigh damage throughout the 2-0 Ligue 1 win towards Marseille on Sunday and ‘he is not going to be on the Camp Nou’ for the sport on 16 February, Pochettino mentioned.
File picture of Angel di Maria. Reuters file photograph
Argentinian ahead Angel Di Maria will miss the primary leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League final 16 match at Barcelona, coach Mauricio Pochettino mentioned on Tuesday.
Di Maria suffered a thigh damage throughout the 2-0 Ligue 1 win towards Marseille on Sunday and “he is not going to be on the Camp Nou” for the sport on 16 February, Pochettino mentioned.
“Angel is a vital participant for us however we’ve an enormous squad with gamers who can win matches for us,” the coach added.
Di Maria, the 32-year-old former Manchester United winger, has been ever-present within the PSG lineup since Pochettino joined the membership in December, lining up alongside Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi in a high-powered assault.
Regardless of the unhealthy information about Di Maria, final yr’s Champions League finalists hope to have the ability to choose first-choice goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who is predicted to return from a groin damage to renew coaching later this week.
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