Paris St-Germain has confirmed that injured forward, Kylian Mbappe, will miss the Champions League quarter-final with Atalanta in Lisbon on 12 August.
Mbappe, 21, sustained an ankle injury during the French Cup final against Saint-Etienne on Friday, ruling him out for three weeks.
He could potentially return for the semi-final on 18 August, if PSG goes on to qualify.
Scans confirmed “an ankle sprain with damage to the external ligament“, the club says, adding: “The player is expected to be sidelined for approximately three weeks.”
The France international left the pitch in tears after being fouled by Saint-Etienne defender Loic Perrin in the first half of PSG’s victory.
The conclusion of this season’s Champions League, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, will consist of an eight-team straight knockout tournament in the Portuguese capital, with the final on 23 August.
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UK Government’s Spain quarantine rules to exempt City vs Madrid’s clash
Manchester City’s second-leg clash with Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League will be exempt from the re-imposed 14-day quarantine rule on travellers from Spain, the UK government has confirmed.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) said that the current guidelines remain in place for enabling selected elite international sporting events to take place this summer.
They stipulate that “exempted individuals will live and work in controlled ‘bubbled’ environments behind closed doors,” and that this applies to “sports stars, event officials, coaches, medics, mechanics and incoming members of the media.”
City’s re-arranged last-16 match with Real Madrid is set to go-ahead on 7 August at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola’s side are 2-1 up in the tie thanks to second-half goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne in the first leg at the Bernabeu on February 26.
As per an announcement from the Department for Transport on Saturday evening, the Government added Spain to its list of “at-risk” countries, and travellers from Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, and Britons returning from visits there will now have to self-isolate for two weeks once they reach the UK.
Spanish authorities have warned that the country could be experiencing a “second wave” of coronavirus, and on Friday, 922 infections were recorded there, officials are tracking more than 280 active outbreaks across the nation.
The latest figures show there have been a total of 28,432 deaths recorded in Spain as a result of COVID-19.
Other updates concerning the Champions League
Juventus vs Lyon (7 August), Barcelona vs Napoli (8 August ), and Bayern Munich vs Chelsea (August 8) are the other last 16 ties still to take place in the Champions League.
Chelsea trail Bayern following a 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge in February in their first leg.
Atalanta vs Paris Saint-Germain (12 August) and RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid (13 August) are the quarter-final ties confirmed so far.
Starting on August 12, the Champions League quarter-finals will be played on four straight nights in single-leg knockout games at the home stadiums of Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.
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