Luka Elsner, the Stade de Reims coach, presented himself at a pre-match press conference on Thursday. The Reims technician made a traditional update on his squad which will be cut by several players for the trip to Geoffroy-Guichard.
Two attackers (Mohamed Darama and Reda Khadra)a midfielder (Go Fly) and a defender (Maxim Busi) are packages for travel in Forez. In addition, two players are very uncertain and will not be able, in any case, to play the entire match. These are Abdoul Koné and Joseph Okumu, two defenders. Find Luka Elsner's medical update: “We recorded the feedback fromAbdoul Koné fussy, he has in any case re-trained, Joseph Okumu also. This is very good news. On long-term injured people, there are Mohamed Daramy et Reda Khadra. There is also Go Fly who at the end of the year put his boot back on, we decided to really take the time for him to heal properly because we were experiencing too many fluctuations, without knowing exactly where we were going. He is on the bike today and we are giving time for it to heal and his injury to completely stabilize. Koné and Okumu are in training, with very limited playing time. They could be available, I want to say Okumu more than Koné because he had a longer convalescence period, a longer re-athleticization as well. Maxim Busi completed the recovery with us, he is on recovery intensities so not yet available for the competition.”
Concerning the Belgian right back, Maxime Busi, he signed in the form of a loan without purchase option this Friday with NAC Breda in the Netherlands.
