PSG fear cruciate ligament rupture for Kvaratskhelia after 4-2 win over Barcelona

PSG won the big Champions League night and may have lost their winger for months. In a collision with Xavi Espart shortly before the hour of PSG v Barcelona (4-2), Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia stayed down twisting in pain, then went off holding his knee, unable to put his foot to the ground.

Nothing official before Wednesday’s scan

The first tests, run after the final whistle, caused deep worry in the Georgian’s camp. “A rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the knee is now feared,” wrote Hanif Ben Berkane for Foot Mercato overnight. So Foot reports the same fear from several people close to the player, and L’Équipe headlines “suspicions” of a rupture. Nothing is confirmed: the club waits for Wednesday’s scan and will not comment before it. The articles only differ on the minute of the collision, on the hour for So Foot, just before it for Foot Mercato.

Three injury exits in one night

Kvaratskhelia is not alone on the list: Dembélé, hurt in his left hamstring according to So Foot, and Marquinhos went off too as we wrote on Tuesday night. If the rupture is confirmed, Foot Mercato expects “many months” off the pitch for a winger who kept his starting spot despite a disappointing start to the season: the man who takes defenders on one against one on the left wing is not replaced at kick-off.

The leaders come to Paris on Sunday

Sunday (25/10) brings the top-of-table clash to the Parc des Princes: Lyon lead Ligue 1 on 14 points, level with PSG but ahead on goal difference, and they won their last league trip to Paris 2-1 in April. In the first odds reading after the match, PSG were priced at 1.47 with 1xbet, against 1.43 when the market opened: with the bookmaker margin removed, the market gives them a 66% chance of winning on Sunday. The draw trades at 5.60 with 10BET, Lyon at 7.00. 18+. Only bet what you can afford to lose.