On the sidelines of the group since the start of the season, Akim Zedadka and Rafael Fernandes could take advantage of the winter transfer window to grab more playing time.
The matches pass by, gradually bringing his men closer to a period of calm called the winter break, and LOSC continues its series of invincibility. Following the victory in Bologna (1-2) in the Champions League, it has been twelve matches that the Lille team has not lost. A dynamic that Bruno Genesio, successor to Paulo Fonseca in Lille, maintains by achieving a serious turnover within his workforce. This task will become all the more important as the return from injury continues (André Gomes, the latest): “Today, there is a team and players who give satisfaction. Afterwards, we still have a lot of matches left until the break: five. It’s up to us, the staff, to think carefully about the different associations and distributions of playing time that we must have”he begins, explaining the way it works.
“I have players who are performing well, others who also deserve to play. We, the staff, need to be very attentive to this, but also for the players to accept when they have had a good match to sometimes give up their place so that someone else can do the same.
I think that's how we have a very good season, by involving as many players as possible.even more so when we have the opportunity to do so,”
continues Bruno Genesio, accustomed to surprises in his initial compositions.
“They know what I think, know their situation”
Performance and merit. What about Rafael Fernandes and Akim Zedadka, who have not played a single minute in the colors of LOSC this season? “That’s not itclarifies the LOSC coach. There are positions where I have people and others where it is more difficult to make changes. I am thinking in particular of central defense, or on the wings, positions for which I also have a lot of possibilities. There are still only eleven players starting. I try to concern everyone, those who play, those who play less and those who don't play at all. »
This lack of time obviously does not exclude them from the group. Rafael Fernandes (22 years old) and Akim Zedadka (29 years old) train daily with Jonathan David, Edon Zhegrova and Bafode Diakité. They are part of the daily sessions led by Bruno Genesio and his staff. The technician also maintains a dialogue with the two players: “Regarding Rafael (Fernandes) and Akim (Zedadka), I speak to them regularly as I speak to those who play regularly because it is my duty to do so. They know what I think, know their situation. There is a transfer window in January which is there to make adjustments, whether in one direction or the other. In any case, I try in my mind, I don't know if I succeed, but I try not to notice any difference in my behavior with one or the otherregardless of the status in quotes of the players »explained Bruno Genesio, invited to a press conference to take stock of their respective situations.
