PSG player Kheira Hamraoui, cold with part of the locker room, was involved in an altercation on Saturday in training and will be absent on Sunday in Lyon in the semi-final first leg of the Women’s Champions League (5 p.m.).
The 32-year-old midfielder and her young teammate Sandy Baltimore had at the end of training “an altercation as there can sometimes be in training the day before very important matches”, a source close to the club told AFP. club.
Kheira Hamraoui has had conflicting relations with some of her partners since the violent assault with an iron bar, still unsolved, of which she was the victim in November.
In the process, the French international did not show up for the trip to Lyon, the same source said, and if the name of the player does not appear in the Parisian group for this meeting, this is ‘not a club sanction at all’.
on the eve of the most crucial match of the season
In a statement, PSG acknowledged “an incident between players”, promising to take “all measures to draw the consequences of this incident”.
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It’s an unwelcome jolt for Didier Ollé-Nicolle’s team on the eve of PSG’s most crucial match of the season so far, even though the club have assured that they are focused on the pitch.
It is not the first time this season that the atmosphere of the Parisian locker room appears flawed, around the figure of Kheira Hamraoui.
Last month, the lawyer for the French international had denounced “a campaign of harassment and denigration” carried out by several players against his client.
On November 4, 2021, Hamraoui was attacked with an iron bar by two men in front of Aminata Diallo, Hamraoui’s teammate in Paris and in the France team. The hypothesis of a rivalry between the two players, who play in the same midfield position, was initially considered.
Following this attack, Aminata Diallo was placed in custody by the judicial police of Versailles before coming out free, without charge against her. Since then, Hamraoui’s relationship with several of his teammates has deteriorated, the latter accusing him of the custody of Aminata Diallo.
Judicial information has been opened against X for “criminal association” and “aggravated violence”.
Great rivals of French women’s football, OL and PSG face off on Sunday in the semi-final first leg of the Women’s Champions League. The return match is scheduled for the Parc des Princes next Saturday.