Achraf Hakimi will not play in Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Bayern Munich on May 6 after the club announced he has suffered a right thigh injury and will be sidelined for the coming weeks.
PSG said Hakimi "will remain in treatment during the next few weeks" and that the injury will keep him "out of action for the next few weeks," ruling him out of the trip to the Allianz Arena. The announcement followed a first-leg thriller that left PSG leading Bayern 5-4.
The decision to withdraw him from the squad came after Hakimi played through visible discomfort in the closing minutes of Tuesday’s first leg, according to club reports. He finished sixth in last year’s Ballon d’Or voting, a reminder of his standing at the club: not just an attacking outlet but one of PSG’s most influential defenders.
That 5-4 scoreline is the weight now bearing on PSG’s traveling party. With the tie finely poised, the loss of a regular right-sided defender shifts the balance. The second leg is scheduled for May 6 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, less than two weeks after PSG confirmed the injury, and the timing is what makes this news urgent.
Squad options are limited. One club source described Hakimi as PSG’s "best and most dependable fullback," and another has previously pointed to Warren Zaire-Emery as a likely replacement at right-back when Hakimi has been unavailable. The club’s statement and staff assessments both point toward Zaire-Emery taking up the position in Munich.
The injury report is not entirely uniform. PSG described the problem as "a right thigh injury," while a separate source referred to it as a hamstring injury. The discrepancy matters because it bears on recovery timelines and training plans. Lucas Chevalier also missed PSG’s trip to Germany because of injury, narrowing the coach’s choices and complicating match preparations.
The immediate tactical consequence is clear: a player who has been central to PSG’s width and defensive stability will be absent for a match whose aggregate score leaves no margin for error. Warren Zaire-Emery’s likely insertion at right-back will test PSG’s depth and the team’s ability to protect a slender lead under pressure at the Allianz Arena.
For achraf hakimi the message from PSG is unambiguous — he will be treated and kept out while the club manages his recovery — and his absence reshapes the semi-final in real time. Who fills his role, and how well that player holds up in Munich on May 6, will be the decisive story coming out of this injury: not because PSG views him as irreplaceable, but because the tie now hinges on whether his backup can preserve a fragile advantage away from home.
