PARIS (AP) — Teenage forward Ibrahim Mbaye had to stay behind for a while when his Paris Saint-Germain teammates flew to Marseille for a league game on Monday.
That’s because the 17-year-old Mbaye was taking a high school diploma exam — known in French as baccalauréat — during the day. PSG said he was traveling separately to join his 18 teammates for the 8 p.m. kick off at Stade Velodrome.
Mbaye made his Ligue 1 debut at the age of 16 years, 6 months, 23 days against Le Havre last season, making him the youngest PSG player to start a league game. He signed his first contract in February and has scored one goal for the club.
FILE – PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye, right, in action against Atalanta’s Marten de Roon during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Atalanta at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
The match against Marseille was supposed to be played Sunday but the French soccer league postponed it by 24 hours due to a severe weather forecast.
Defending champion PSG has won its four league games so far.
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