Hakimi and Mendes fume, Vitinha decision - 3 things spotted in PSG training for Arsenal clash

Paris Saint-Germain have been forced to complete light training sessions in recent week with the Champions League semi-final first leg against Arsenal set to be their fifth game in the last 14 days.

The first of those was a 3-2 defeat away to Aston Villa in a quarter-final second leg, but PSG still advanced to the last four. Three Ligue 1 games were on the schedule after that ahead of Luis Enrique's side returning to England to face the Gunners at Emirates Stadium next Tuesday.

That games arrives after a 2-1 win against Le Havre and 1-1 draw with Nantes coming prior to that.

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With the latter of those games taking place on Tuesday evening, the PSG squad spent the following day recovering before returning to training on Thursday. With that being said, football.london has taken a look at what took place during that session after a lengthy video was uploaded to

Hakimi and Mendes fume

The opening minutes of the session saw the PSG squad take part in a huge game of rondo. With so many involved, three players were required to go in the middle which saw Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi far from pleased when they were forced out of the circle following a teammates mistake.

Mendes was left particularly fuming after a heavy touch from Lucas Beraldo saw possession lost with the left-back throwing his arms up in the air in frustration.

Hakimi did similar just minutes later as a miscommunication with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia saw them forced into the middle. The duo endured another unfortunate moment later on which saw them both leave the outside circle with Hakimi left laughing and Kvaratskhelia wagging his finger jokingly as he ran past.

Vitinha snub

Continuing with the same drill, midfield duo Vitinha and Joao Neves were the ones caught out. Following a pass fired into the latter, he attempted to lay the ball of for Vitinha but it was intercepted and it resulted in them becoming two of the three in the middle.

As both trudged towards the centre, with Vitinha slightly ahead, Neves spent a good few seconds staring at him but the Portugal international took no notice and seemingly completely ignored him.

Cautious rondo

With only the opening 15 minutes of their session recorded, it was certainly a light-hearted drill while still being contested at some intensity.

Given what has already gone and also what is still coming, it made no sense for any players to be flying into challenges or interceptions and risking impact injuries or muscular issues from over-stretching.

Following the clash against Nice, it is likely PSG could have just one full training session with final preparations, likely at Emirates Stadium, before facing Arsenal taking place on Monday evening.