” Gifted ? I don’t know, I’m not the doctor, but it’s not good news. I didn’t see the images, it was on the other side of the lawn”. These were the words of Luis Enrique when asked about Désiré Doué by the media. The French international had to leave the match against Lorient (1-1) on a stretcher and he then left the stadium on crutches, looking like he had had bad days.
A hard blow for the Parisian player, who had already missed a little over a month of competition over the September-October period, the fault of a calf injury with the France team during the first international break of the season. He has played four matches since, including this match against Bayer Leverkusen which he finished with two goals, but therefore suffered another dazzling setback…
Long absence ahead
Daily life The Parisian thus already evokes an absence of long weeks for the player, who was dejected in the locker room. If additional examinations will be carried out today to have a final diagnosis, he should be away from the field for a period similar to, or even longer than, that of his first injury of the season, which had already kept him away from the field for 6 weeks.
He will therefore be unavailable and absent from Didier Deschamps’ list for the Blues’ matches against Ukraine and Azerbaijan during the November break. But above all, he will not be there for many major PSG duels, including the clash against Bayern next week in the Champions League, the match against OL on November 9 and is very uncertain for the matches against Tottenham (November 26), Monaco (November 29) and Rennes (December 6). A new blow for the player and for PSG, who are facing a terrible injury epidemic at the start of the season…
