Nemanja Matic, milieu de l’OL (credit: David Hernandez)
Out with injury against the Rangers on Thursday (1-4), Clinton Mata and Nemanja Matić are out for the reception of FC Nantes on Sunday (3 p.m.).
With RB, in Décines.
Olympique Lyonnais has so far been relatively spared from injuries. Nicholas Tagliafico and Moussa Niakhate had experienced some physical problems, but nothing very serious, they came back quite quickly. Rock Sage surely hope it will be the same for Clinton Eye and Nemanja Matic. Both players came off prematurely during the 4-1 victory at Glasgow Rangers on Thursday.
Unsurprisingly, the two footballers will not apply to join the Rhone group on Sunday. OL will face FC Nantes at 3 p.m. for the 7th day of Ligue 1. Against the Canaries, the Rhone coach will have to do without two experienced and irremovable elements from the 11th, one being affected in the back, the other to the ischios.
Optimism for a return to Le Havre
Mata and Matić took exams this Friday morning, tests whose results were ultimately less worrying than expected. With the international break, from which the Angolan should be exempt, the defender and the midfielder could return to face Le Havre on October 20 (3 p.m.).
In the Lyon squad in training, but playing with the reserves, Enzo Melebe is also injured. On Tuesday, he started with the Pro 2 group during the 2-0 defeat at Sunderland as part of the Premier League International Cup.
