Zlatan miss Barcelona meeting – Aftonbladet

PARIS. Zlatan Ibrahimovic misses giant meeting with Barcelona in the Champions League.

And his coach Laurent Blanc did not want to answer on the severity of the Swede hälskada is.

– We are watching his progress day by day. We will be happy if he is ready for play the match against Monaco, says Laurent Blanc Sportbladet.

A few minutes before PSG coach announced press conference along with left-back Maxwell announced Paris Club via their website that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not in the squad that faced Barcelona in the morning of the Champions League in the French capital.

The same morning had Zlatan still not been able to train with other players, but has had to in the club rehabilitation space to get their injured heel.

– He had a lot of pain physically, of course, and was not happy. It is clear that we would have needed him in the game. Not that he has played in Barcelona before, but because we need Ibra in such an important match, but he is not ready and now it’s up to the rest of us to solve it, says his friend and teammate Maxwell.

“Glad he gets ready for play against Monaco”

PSG’s coach Laurent Blanc says he past few days have suspected that Ibrahimovic not PPT become game ready – and prepared for that scenario.

– We were at the training ground this morning and he still did rehab without being able to train with the rest. I began to understand that he would not be able to play and then you have to think about. We made good matches even without

Ibra last year, we have high quality striker, but it is clear that it is not easy without him, said Blanc, who was the more vague about Ibrahimovic’s convalescence.

Will Zlatan Ibrahimovic to play against Monaco at the weekend or is his injury be more serious than that?

– This morning it was clear that he is not available for the game tomorrow night and we are doing exactly everything to get him back as quickly as possible. We look at his progress day by day. We will be happy if he is ready for play the match against Monaco, says Laurent Blanc Sportbladet.

PSG coach is under pressure after four draws results in five games, but do not change their playing philosophy with great ball even against school patterns of students from Catalonia.

– I will ask my players to play football tomorrow, for it is the only way to regain the confidence that we have lost. If we do not play out this game and additionally lose, you (the press) to be the first to say “you did not even play,” said Blanc.

If less than two weeks, on October 9, meets Sweden Russia in the European Championship qualifiers. Tomorrow’s Erik Hamrén the squad for the match.