The state of the troops
“Several players are out. There is Ablie Jallow who is still treating her patellar tendonitis, Jessy Deminguet who has a small problem, not very serious, behind her knee. Pape Sy is still out for his adductors and Ismaël Traoré has not trained. He also has adductor pain. For him, we will take stock tomorrow. As for Joël Asoro, who has just become a father, he made a brief return trip this weekend to see his boy but he is with us and he is operational. »
The cutting approach
“We have the same thinking: we will obviously field the best possible team, because we do not have a schedule overload. We will make our choices based on this desire to pass this round in this great competition. We are not in the strategy of a revenge compared to our last match there (2-1). We want to qualify and go to 16es final, even if it may bother us a little because the next matches will be scheduled during the week. But, for the moment, we have a classic calendar. »
A rotation among goalkeepers?
“It’s a question we have about this match. The trend is more towards a rotation with Alexis Mirbach. It is part of our thinking. »
The opponent
“We are going to play a team in good shape. Troyes has taken a lot of points in the last few matches and is doing much better than when we played them (1-0). They have just won largely against Martigues (4-0). They have powerful players, who have quality, experience, it will not be an easy match. We perhaps know them a little better now and perhaps this match will be a little more open because they are not using the same strategy as last time, when they were short of points. It’s up to us to have a more successful match, because the last away match was difficult. Which is also due to the quality of the opponent and the context. »
The sequel
“For the return phase, I think we need to improve in quality. We are solid defensively, we have to keep that but also move forward on the offensive game, because we have been struggling to score for a few weeks. It’s more laborious. There, we are playing against a Ligue 2 opponent, which will also allow us to work well because the next match in Pau arrives quickly, even if we have a week of vacation. But Pau, Lorient, Paris FC and Bastia arrive quickly afterwards. We want to occupy a few days, but it’s not the same break as in previous seasons. It’s very short. So there will be an interview to do. The risk of injury is high with the holidays, especially since there are shorter nights, travel, and a different diet. This breaks the rhythm that we have been going for several months and it can be detrimental for a recovery. »
