Messi continues to recover from Covid-19 and will miss PSG matches.
Argentine star will miss the game against Lyon in the French league.
Brazil Agency – Lionel Messi will not help PSG in the game against Olympique Lyonnais next Sunday (9) in the French Championship, as he continues to recover from infection with the new coronavirus (covid-19), the club from the French capital informed this Saturday (8).
The Argentine striker returned to Paris from his country after testing negative, but has not yet been cleared to play.
"Lionel Messi will continue his individual post-COVID-19 protocol in the coming days," PSG informed in a statement. release.
Messi, 34, was one of several players who returned with positive results after the French Championship's end-of-year break.
PSG have announced that Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler, Danilo Pereira, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Layvin Kurzawa are in isolation after testing positive.
"It's always difficult to choose the right team, with or without Covid," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino in a press conference on Saturday.