The Coupe de France, its charm, its exploits, but also its troubles… The Ligue 2 teams begin their journey in the old lady this weekend of Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November, on the occasion of the 7e round of the competition. However, the vast majority of them will have to do without major players.
Players called up for selection
The best players in Ligue 2 have been called up with their national team for this international break. Because, yes, if the clubs in the antechamber of the French football elite are playing this weekend, this is not the case for those in Ligue 1, given that there is the international break.
For the one and only time this season, FC Lorient, EA Guingamp and even SM Caen will therefore have to deal with a “duplicate”, as they are regularly called in the world of rugby.
A real impact for matches?
Among the western clubs, the Morbihannais will be strongly impacted. Executive players established in the 11 such as Montassar Talbi (Tunisia), Arthur Avom Ebong and Darlin Yongwa (Cameroon), Formose Mendy (Senegal) and Yvon Mvogo (Switzerland) were selected. SM Caen is also impacted with the departures of Tidiam Gomis (French U19 team) and his goalkeeper Anthony Mandrea (Algeria). FC Metz, with Alexandre Oukidja (also Algeria), is also experiencing the same situation.
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In summary, Ligue 2 clubs will not be complete for their 7e Coupe de France round. But all, without exception, face hierarchically inferior clubs. A priori, this should not be a barrier to moving on to the next round. But you never know, the magic of the Cup could work…
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