This development follows his injury against Istanbul Basaksehir in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

Neymar came off with a thigh muscle problem in the 26th minute of the 2-0 win over the Turkish side.

“Neymar should be back after the international break,” Tuchel told reporters ahead of PSG’s Ligue 1 game at Nantes on Saturday.

The break in domestic action runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 17 when international matches will be played.

Brazil play 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at home to Venezuela and away to Uruguay on Nov. 13 and Nov. 17 respectively.

PSG, on 18 points from eight games, lead the standings on goal difference ahead of Lille.

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Forward Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a pulsating though ill-tempered match at the Parc des Princes for Marseille’s first league win over PSG since November 2011.

It condemned PSG, who were last season’s UEFA Champions League runners-up, to their second straight league defeat after they suffered a 1-0 opening day setback at Lens.

Thauvin scored against the run of play, steering in a Dimitri Payet free-kick inside the near post from close range.

This was after the home side had come close through Marco Verratti and Neymar, who also missed a pair of chances in the second half.

Littered by crunching fouls at either end in the first half, the game produced some free-flowing football after the break.

Visiting goalkeeper Steve Mandanda pulled off several superb saves and both sides had goals disallowed for offside.

Angel Di Maria’s effort for PSG was ruled out in the 62nd minute.

Marseille substitute Dario Benedetto’s scorcher was also scrapped two minutes later as Thauvin, who unleashed the initial shot, was marginally behind the last PSG defender.

PSG, who missed several first-team regulars who had contracted the COVID-19 virus, pressed hard in the closing stages.

But Marseille’s rugged defence held firm as the 1993 European Cup winners made it two wins out of two.

A full scale brawl broke out on the pitch in the last minute of stoppage time.

It forced referee Jerome Brisard to send off PSG’s Neymar, Laywin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes, as well as Marseille’s duo of Benedetto and Jordan Amavi.

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Goals from Marquinhos and Di Maria put PSG 2-0 up at the interval.

Juan Bernat added the third in the 56th minute for what was a comfortable victory at the Estadio da Luz.

The French club, who are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding in 1970, will meet winners of Wednesday’s other semi-final between Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyonnais.

The big-spending PSG were a step too far for Leipzig, who were playing in the regional leagues just 11 years ago.

The German side have outperformed all expectations by reaching the last four, knocking out Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid en route.

“We ate them up from minute one —— it’s going to be tough to sleep between now and the final,” said Di Maria.

“We worked hard all game and we showed we deserve to be here. It doesn’t matter who we face: either Bayern Munich or Lyon, we’ll give our all,” he added.

French World Cup-winning forward Kylian Mbappe was back in the starting line-up after fully recovering from his ankle injury.

PSG’s German coach Thomas Tuchel was then able to field his preferred attacking trident with Brazilian Neymar and Di Maria.

Right from the outset, PSG looked a threat to the Leipzig defence with Neymar clipping the post after he was slipped in by Mbappe in the sixth minute.

Seven minutes later though, PSG had the lead.

Neymar and Di Maria lined up to take a free kick on the left and it was the Argentine who floated in a lovely cross which was nodded home by Marquinhos.

Former Real Madrid and Manchester United winger Di Maria was in fine form, constantly probing, while Neymar created from deep and Mbappe pushed on to the last defender looking to use his pace.

The Germans were struggling but did threaten in the 25th minute, when Konrad Laimer burst down the right and found forward Yussuf Poulsen whose shot was just off target.

Neymar then went close with an audacious free-kick from deep and wide on the right, after the former FC Barcelona man went for Peter Gulacsi’s near post and struck it as the Hungarian goalkeeper scrambled.

It was a poor clearance from the goalkeeper which led to PSG’s second.

Leandro Paredes collected the ball and then found Neymar who cleverly flicked it with the back of his heel into the path of Di Maria who made no mistake.

Leipzig’s 33-year-old coach Julian Nagelsmann needed to find some way to shift the momentum of the game, and he made two changes at the break.

But after a bright start, PSG put the outcome beyond doubt.

Leipzig defender Nordi Mukiele slipped while attempting to clear, allowing Di Maria to cross the ball back in to the box and Bernat’s glancing header floated into the far corner.

Mbappe forced a good save out of Gulacsi as PSG pushed for a fourth while PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico had his hands warmed by a fierce drive from fellow Spaniard Angelino.

The French club have played 110 games in the competition —— the most played by a side before reaching their first final, overtaking Arsenal’s record of 90 between 1971 and 2006.

PSG’s only other appearances in the final of a European competition came with their UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup victory in 1996 and their runners-up spot in the following season.

Olympique Marseille are the only French team to win the European Cup, triumphing over AC Milan in 1993.

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On Wednesday, Paris St-Germain (PSG) struck twice in the final minutes to end the fairytale for debutants Atalanta.

Although the team from Bergamo, the Italian town of around 120,000, had never qualified for the Champions League before, they were moments away from glory.

They nearly humbled the financial powerhouse of PSG, backed by the oil wealth of the club’s Qatari owners.

Then PSG struck twice, with Brazilian defender Marquinhos scoring in the 90th minute before substitute Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting decided the contest in stoppage time.

Atalanta’s hopes of glory were suddenly snatched from their grasp.

The sense of destiny, of romance, which had surrounded Gian Piero Gasperini’s team, suddenly evaporated into the night air at the empty Estadio da Luz.

There was no second leg, no away goals calculation, nothing other than the finality of defeat, of history being rewritten in a matter of seconds.

It was so cruel on the Italian side, who had worked so hard and had taken the lead with a beautiful 27th minute goal from their Croatia midfielder Mario Pasalic.

But when Atalanta finally reflect on the loss they will surely acknowledge that they had been helped by some wasteful finishing by PSG.

The wasteful finishing was in particular from their Brazil striker Neymar, and the alert goalkeeping of Marco Sportiello.

Whatever memories Atalanta fans have of this defeat, they will not include celebrating their goal in the stands or singing to console their heroes who collapsed on the turf at the final whistle.

Due to the COVID-19 related restrictions, there were no supporters of either team inside the 64,000 capacity stadium.

So, the biggest night of Atalanta’s 112-year history was one of frustration in front of the television for their supporters.

A handful of the most passionate had, inevitably, made the trip to Lisbon anyway, choosing to at least be close to the hope-for miracle, watching in bars in the Portuguese capital.

Some made their way out to the stadium before the game to greet the players as they arrived on their bus at the gates to the stadium.

The stadium, which is the home of Benfica, provided Gasperini’s men with a reminder of who they were playing for.

“It is a strong emotion. I’ve been watching Atalanta for 40 years and I couldn’t miss this game, even if you can’t enter the stadium,” Manuel Colombo, bedecked in a black and blue striped facemask, told Reuters.

“Time moves forward. Who knows whether we will ever get a game like this again?” he added.

But throughout the long build-up to this game, the particularly strong impact of the novel coronavirus on Bergamo has been present in the thoughts of those involved with the club.

At least since the Champions League was suspended in March.

At the height of the virus outbreak, Bergamo’s hospitals were overwhelmed with infected people.

With morgues unable to keep up, convoys of Army trucks carrying away the dead became a chilling symbol of the global pandemic.

Colombo paused before reflecting on that aspect of Atalanta’s campaign and his journey to Lisbon.

“We have to think today about those people who died due to COVID before their time, those many grandparents who took their grandchildren to see Atalanta for the first time and who aren’t with us anymore.

“I am thinking about them above all,” he said.

This Atalanta team will still be remembered as heroes by Colombo and all the club’s fans, having gifted the “Bergamisan” an unimaginable season of success in a year of such pain.

But those neutrals who felt robbed of a story of football romance, can take some solace in the smile on the face of the unlikely match-winner Cameroon international Choupo-Moting.

The 31-year-old, who signed on a free transfer after suffering relegation from the English Premier League with Stoke City, was the toast of Paris.

He was originally left out of PSG’s squad for the Champions League knockout stages.

Such a pity that no fans were there to witness it.

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The Brazil forward, who scored the only goal against Racing Strasbourg last weekend, found the back of the net three minutes from time.

The victory put PSG on 15 points from six games, leaving Lyon in ninth place seven points behind.

Second-placed Angers, who demolished St Etienne 4-1 earlier on Sunday, are three points off the pace.

Also on Sunday, Rennes drew 1-1 at home to Lille.

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The Brazil international joined the Ligue 1 side from FC Barcelona for a world record 222 million euros (£198 million) in August 2017.

However, he missed large parts of the 2018/2019 campaign through injury and suspension and made just 17 league appearances, scoring 15 goals.

PSG will consider selling the 27-year-old in the forthcoming transfer window if they receive a substantial offer, a report in L’Equipe said on Sunday.

Neymar is said to be unsettled at the club and has told relatives that he was having difficulties in France.

This was even before he was accused of raping a woman in a Paris hotel in May.

The player has since denied any wrongdoing, however.

The report comes on the back of strong comments from chairman and CEO Al-Khelaifi about the attitude of squad members.

“Players will have to be more responsible than before,” he told France Football.

“It must be completely different. They will have to do more and work harder. They are not there for their own amusement.

“If they do not agree, the doors are open ——- Ciao! I do not want star behaviour anymore.”

His words come after a disappointing season for Thomas Tuchel’s side.

In spite of clinching the league title, they were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League at the last 16 stage by Manchester United.

They also failed to win either of France’s major domestic cup competitions.

On Friday, the club announced the return of Leonardo as sporting director, with the Brazilian replacing Antero Henrique in the role six years after his departure.

“I realised changes were essential,” Al-Khelaifi said.

“Otherwise, we were going nowhere. Leonardo will have absolute sporting power.

“Leo is my guy – incredible. He has my total confidence. His natural authority will be good for everybody – especially the players.”

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The victory helped the English side to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on away goals rule after a 3-3 aggregate scoreline.

Never in Europe’s premium club competition had a team progressed after a 2-0 home defeat, but Rashford’s stoppage-time penalty made sure Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side advanced in the most dramatic fashion.

The visitors, severely depleted by injuries, went ahead twice in the first half through Romelu Lukaku but Juan Bernat equalised for the French champions in between.

PSG were advancing to the last eight 3-2 on aggregate before referee Damir Skomina awarded Manchester United a penalty kick for a Presnel Kimpembe handball.

After a lengthy delay for the VAR review, Rashford lashed home the spot kick to level the tie at 3-3 and send Manchester United through on away goals.

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The victory was in a Round of 16 first leg match and it had Paul Pogba being sent off late in the game.

Second half goals from Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe gave the impressive French side a clear advantage ahead of the return in Paris on March 6.

Pogba’s dismissal for a second yellow card in the 89th minute makes the task even harder.

It was Manchester United’s first defeat under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer since he took over from the sacked Jose Mourinho in December.

In many ways it was a reality check after 10 wins in 11 games domestically for the Norwegian.

Manchester United made a highly aggressive start to the game but too often their forwards chose the wrong option or failed to deliver the right pass.

Marcus Rashford and Pogba both tested PSG’s 41-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon with near post shots.

Thomas Tuchel’s side gradually gained the ascendancy — with Marco Verratti and Marquinhos dominant in midfield.

Mbappe should have hit the target when he was slipped through by Julian Draxler in the 28th minute, but he fired wide.

Manchester United had to play the second half without forwards Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial, who picked up injuries.

Their night got worse in the 53rd minute when Kimpembe ghosted in unattended at the back post to volley home a corner kick from Angel Di Maria.

Former Manchester United winger Di Maria, booed from the outset by sections of the crowd, later had the last laugh.

This was when he collected a fine pass from Marquinhos and set up Mbappe for the second goal.

The Argentine broke down the left and delivered a low cross which was expertly turned in, first time, by 20-year-old France World Cup winner Mbappe.

He showed lightning speed to get ahead of the Manchester United defence.

A disappointing night for Manchester United got worse when midfielder Pogba was sent off for a second booking after a foul on Dani Alves.

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The Brazil striker left the pitch after an hour in a French Cup last 32 game after receiving a knock and twisting his ankle.

His injury has come three weeks before PSG travel to Manchester United for their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg fixture.

PSG, who are runaway leaders in Ligue 1, are already sweating on the fitness of key midfielder Marco Verratti, who is suffering from an ankle injury.

Thomas Tuchel’s side prevailed at the Parc des Princes, thanks to a goal in each half from Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria.

Elsewhere, St Etienne slumped to a 6-3 home defeat to Dijon.

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British media reported that the 18-year-old was set to join Scottish champions Celtic.

Weah has played only three times for PSG this season as bigger names such as Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani have limited his first-team chances.

In a message posted in French on his Instagram page, Weah thanked his PSG team mates, the coaching staff and supporters for making him feel part of the family.

“These few months have been great even though I haven’t played much,” Weah said.

“I’ve always been grateful for the opportunities I had at the beginning of the season because it opened (for) me many doors this winter.

“I hope after these six months, I will be ready to return to the Parc des Princes and give everything for you, proud to be Parisian.”

Since making his international debut in March, Weah has chalked up more appearances for the U.S. than for PSG.

The club have dominated French Ligue 1 this season with 15 wins in their first 17 matches.

Weah is the son of former Liberia, PSG and AC Milan striker George Weah who won the 1995 Ballon D’Or.

He became the fourth-youngest U.S. men’s national team player to score a goal when he netted in a 3-0 win over Bolivia in May.

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