Faced with injuries to his three left-backs, Brest coach Éric Roy would not say no to a recruit for this position in the coming days. Without having many illusions.
A massacre. Already deprived of Bradley Locko, victim last summer of a total rupture of the right Achilles tendon, Stade Brestois finds itself completely stripped of the left-back position. Holder of the post on Saturday against Lyon (2-1), Massadio Haïdara had to give up his place at the break due to a calf muscle problem.
His replacement, Jordan Amavi, complained of a hamstring problem, which forced him to come off in injury time. It was the young Ivorian Luck Zogbé (19 years old), more comfortable on the right, who had to help out for the last seconds. The infirmary being full, he could be required to continue on Wednesday for the reception of FC Nantes, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
“You can’t find a player for Wednesday”
“I don’t know how I’m going to make the next team. Massadio’s injury was already a big problem, Jordan’s behind, I’m not even talking about it. I immediately told myself that the rest was going to be very complicated And as we have a very light schedule…”, commented Éric Roy, as his group prepares to play matches every three days, between the championship, the Champions League, and the Cup.
“The problem is that even if you are the best recruiter in the world, I need a player for Wednesday. You can’t find a player for Wednesday, not even for Saturday. When you bring in someone, he He has to train and everything. He will be a player who has not played too much,” said the Brest coach.
Before adding, not without a touch of humor: “I don’t think that Real Madrid will lend us (Ferland) Mendy and I don’t think that PSG will lend us Nuno Mendes. So he will be a player lacking of playing time, who will want to get back on track, but we’re not going to be negative, we’re going to try to savor this great victory.” Building on their success against OL, the Bretons have temporarily moved up to 10th place in the rankings.
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