This is the anxiety of all club coaches. At each international break, the various coaches see their best players flying off to join their selection with one fear: that one of them will return with an injury. And last night, it was Luis Enrique who had to tear his hair out watching the Nations League match between Portugal, already qualified for the quarter-finals and guaranteed to finish in first place in the group , and Croatia.
Reassuring news
Indeed, Roberto Martinez had decided to line up Parisian Nuno Mendes in the left lane of defense on the occasion of this unimportant poster. But hit in the ankle, he had to leave his place at the end of the match. Worrying? Not necessarily, his coach quickly giving his news after the match: “For Nuno Mendes, I think it's just a pain in the ankle. They are not serious injuries”, he indicated during the press conference. Hoping that this injury does not get worse, because Paris Saint-Germain will need its Portuguese in the weeks to come, notably with major shocks in the Champions League, including one on Tuesday November 26 against Bayern Munich.
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To summarize
We know more about the state of health of Nuno Mendes, the left back of Paris Saint-Germain affected with Portugal in the Nations League. The first verdict is reassuring, his injury should not be serious.