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  "path": "/2026/05/23/psg-play-friendly-ahead-arsenal-showdown-two-injured-stars-miss-28491591/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T14:49:39.000Z",
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    "Dembele came off inside half an hour",
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    "and has ‘no doubts’  he will be fit to face Arsenal.",
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  "textContent": "Enrique organised a special friendly match at the PSG training ground (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nParis Saint-Germain held an inter-squad friendly match to warm up for next weekend’s Champions League showdown with Arsenal.\n\nA week ahead of the final in Budapest, head coach Luis Enrique organised a special training match on Saturday, separating the squad into two starting XIs with 1,000 fans watching on at the club’s training base in Poissy.\n\nDescribed as Le Parisien as a ‘full-scale rehearsal’ for their meeting with the Gunners, the two teams played for just over in an hour in a high-intensity session.\n\nEnrique opted to separate what would generally be considered his first choice team with the likes of Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves and Desire Doue facing off against Marquinhos, Vitinha and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.\n\n##  Love football?\n\nOur seven-day guide to the World Cup is live. 48 teams, 104 games, 1104 players – we've got everything you need to know. Sign up now.\n\nThere were two notable omissions however with Ousmane Dembele and Achraf Hakimi missing the game.\n\nThe two instead trained individually and while their absences were not a cause for concern, Enrique and his staff decided to take no risks.\n\nDembele came off inside half an hour in PSG’s final league match of the season against Paris FC with a muscle issue in his right calf. Speaking at a media day this week ahead of the Champions League final, he insisted it was just a ‘slight scare’ and has ‘no doubts’  he will be fit to face Arsenal.\n\nDembele came off in the final game of the season (Picture: Xavier Laine/Getty Images)\n\n‘I’m doing very well. I had a slight scare against Paris FC, but I’m fine and I’ll be ready for the final,’ he told RMC Sport.\n\n‘Will I be 100% for the final? Yes, yes, I think so, yes, I’ll be ready. I have no doubt about it, I hope to be on the pitch on May 30th.’\n\nHakimi has not played since suffering a muscle injury in the semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich but it is hoped he will also be available.\n\nHakimi has not played since coming off in the first leg against Bayern (Picture: Getty)\n\nNuno Mendes and Willian Pacho also missed the game against Paris FC but both were present in the training match.\n\nArsenal meanwhile have one more game of their Premier League campaign remaining against Crystal Palace on Sunday.\n\nArteta could use it as a chance to rest some players, as could Oliver Glasner with Palace preparing for their own European final against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "PSG play friendly ahead of Arsenal showdown but two injured stars miss out"
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