RC Lens may have a very large group, with 29 pros, but it had to draw from young people to compose a group of 20 players for the trip to Strasbourg, this Sunday (5 p.m.). In addition to the fourth goalkeeper Adam Delplace (17 years old) as well as the young professionals Tom Pouilly and Ismaëlo Ganiou, Kyllian Antonio, also a defender, makes his very first appearance. Aged 16, the young right center was in training this week.
Deiver Machado was added to the list of absentees at the last minute. The Colombian piston suffers from muscle discomfort in one thigh, the Artesian staff preferred not to take any risks with him.
This is the eleventh absence that Racing deplores for this match: in addition to the suspended Rémy Labeau-Lascary and Anass Zaroury, it was already deprived of Jimmy Cabot, still in revalidation, Kevin Danso, fit to play again but it will be after the break, Jonathan Gradit (ankle), goalkeeper Hervé Koffi (psoas), Sidi Bané, Hamzat Ojediran and Neil El Aynaoui, all three affected in the ischios and Martin Satriano, who will be operated on Tuesday for a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee…
