Cursed Lucas Hernandez: And now the left knee! When will he be back ?

The verdict is in this Thursday, the day after the defeat of PSG at Dortmund. Lucas Hernandez, who collapsed during the Champions League semi-final, suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament…

Lucas Hernandez will not be able to participate à the semi-final return of the Champions League between PSG and Borussia Dortmund, nor even   a possible finale. It will also be private of Euro 2024 with the France team this summer. The defender, who collapsed, during the defeat of the Parisians on German soil last night (1-0) for the first leg, while trying to block a shot from Niclas Füllkrug, suffered a serious knee injury left, according to his doctors. 

This Thursday, shortly after 5 p.m., the results of an MRI carried out at Paris have spoken and confirmed fears: a rupture of the cruciate ligament anterior of the left knee. PSG announced immediately that Lucas Hernandez would not be able to finish the season, neither with Paris, nor with the Blues.

This is not the first time that Lucas Hernandez has been confronted with violence. &agrav; a rupture of the ligaments. From the opening match of the 2022 World Cup, against France In Australia, he suffered the same injury, but later. the other knee this time, the right. An injury which had deprived him of of integrity from the competition and had kept him away from the competition. lawns until August-September 2023. Enough to raise questions about this physical fragility of the defender.

What return date for Lucas Hernandez ?

Lucas Hernandez will have to undergo surgery within days à come. The healing process that will follow will be, as we know, long and arduous, the rehabilitation after such an operation will be # 39;égenerally spreading over six to one nine months, to be able to get back in shape on the pitch.

In his absence, the France team will once again have to find a solution, which could still result in the tenure of his brother Théo on the side LEFT. Didier Deschamps has already expressed his disappointment and his concern in the face of this significant loss. He will convene his list on May 16 for a meeting Clairefontaine à from May 29, in view of the European Championship, in Germany (from June 14 to July 14).

By then, PSG will also have to finish the Ligue 1 season on May 19 and may be able to play a C1 final on June 1, & London, without its defender. Not counting the final of the Coupe de France against à Lyon on May 25.