The Parisians were complete in Montpellier, even the suspended players (Neymar, Kimpembe) having made the trip to be able to fly away in stride in Qatar. Among the group selected by Mauricio Pochettino for the match, only one player did not walk the pitch for the warm-up or the match: Idrissa Gueye.
Already absent last year during the day against homophobia
An absence that has sparked many internal comments in recent hours, he who had already been absent during the day against homophobia last year (for a « gastro »), for which L1 players must wear a rainbow colored jersey.
“He was in the group but for personal reasons he was in the stands, explained Mauricio Pochettino. He wasn’t hurt. » The entourage of the Senegalese specifies that his absence was probably the consequence of the evening of Thursday and the gala organized for his association “For Hope”.