Benjamin Pavard can resume his season. The Inter defender had been sidelined since November 26 and a Champions League match against Leipzig (1-0 victory). The 28-year-old French international, victim of an injury to a hamstring muscle at the back of his left thigh, needed more than a month to return to competition.
Pavard was not in the Nerazzurri group for the Italian Super Cup contested between Saudi Arabia, for a 2-0 victory against Atalanta then a defeat in the final (2-3) on Monday evening. Simone Inzaghi revived the 2018 world champion on Sunday in Serie A, bringing him into play in the 76th minute of the game against Venezia (0-1 victory). The reigning Italian champion is runner-up to Napoli with four points behind but two games less on the clock.
Pavard’s luck
Pavard’s return is timely for Inter because Yann Bisseck injured his adductor muscles and will not be back for two or three weeks. The German central defender, the Northerner’s competitor for the right center position this season, has had a string of starts and has impressed everyone over the last two months. It was the experienced and versatile Matteo Darmian who started in this position in Venice and scored the only goal of the game.
Benjamin Pavard will have to be convincing in the coming weeks with Inter, in Serie A as well as in the Champions League (against Sparta Prague and Monaco), in order to be kept in Didier Deschamps’ group for the quarter-final of the Champions League. nations of the French team against Croatia (Thursday March 20 in Split and Sunday 23 in Saint-Denis). He accompanied the captains Ibrahima Konaté, William Saliba and Dayot Upamecano during the last rally.
