As he has become accustomed to for two months, Liam Rosenior worked away from intrusive eyes during the last two closed sessions. He also chose, from this week, to no longer reveal after the final training the group selected for the next day's meeting, in this case, this Saturday's trip to Brest.
However, three absences were recorded on Tuesday: Ismaël Doukouré (sprained right knee) and Caleb Wiley (dislocated right shoulder), injured on Sunday in Nice, but also Emmanuel Emegha, “not very far from returning”, according to his coach, but still too short after his knee-ankle sprain of his left leg in Paris on October 19. On the other hand, Habib Diarra, suspended in front of the Gym, is making his return, undoubtedly in place of, to recover, a Doukouré whose duration of unavailability is no better known than that of Wiley, which will set back Diego Moreira up a notch on the left side.
While he played without a professional center forward in Nice, Rosenior could relaunch Sékou Mara up front, supported by Félix Lemarechal aligned in false 9 and decisive passer at the Riviera stadium. Vice-captain Saïdou Sow, who remained on the bench on the Côte d'Azur, is likely to replace a faulty Sylla in central defense. Jérémy Sebas appears as a possible recourse in front of, in the relay, during the course rather than at the start of the game, a Sebastian Nanasi who is less bleeding these days.
Landmarks
The possible team : Petrovic – Doué, Sow (cap), Sarr, Moreira – Santos, Diarra (cap) – Bakwa, Lemarechal, Nanasi – Mara.
Substitutes (to choose from) : Johnsson (g), Senaya, Sylla, Sobol, Mwanga, Diong, Ouattara, Lukovic, Sebas, Gomis, Perea, T. Diallo, R. Mess
In Brest, the defensive midfield, which had already lost Pierre Lees-Melou the other Friday in Monaco, will have to cope without the former Strasbourger Jonas Martin, injured in a hip on Thursday in training. Swiss international Edimilson Fernandes will therefore not be able to breathe. Center back Soumaïla Coulibaly (pubic pain) has once again postponed his return.
Absent: in Brest, Lees-Melou (fibula), Martin (hip), Coulibaly (pubis), Locko (Achilles tendon); in Strasbourg, Doukouré (knee), Wiley (shoulder), Emegha, Delaine, Sahi, Bellaarouch (recovery).
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