Already deprived of Tiago Santos, Bruno Genesio could be forced to tinker in defense on Tuesday against Juve in the Champions League. Thomas Meunier was injured this Friday against Lyon (1-1). Angel Gomes and Osame Sahraoui are also doubtful.
He preferred to play the humor card. And above all, don't dramatize it even if the situation is obviously far from delighting him. Asked about the (many) physical problems of his players, following the draw conceded by Lille on home ground against Lyon (1-1), this Friday, at the opening of the 10th day of Ligue 1, Bruno Genesio slipped into a smile: “For Angel Gomes and Osame Sahraoui, I'm pretty hopeful that they will be present (Tuesday against Juventus). Well, I hope, otherwise I'm going to have to get back into shape, it's not going to be easy in four days!”
Replaced in the 70th minute by Ayyoub Bouaddi, Gomes “felt pain in his calf, like two weeks ago in Monaco”. Twirling in his left lane, where his dribbles particularly hurt Ainsley Maitland-Niles in the first period, Sahraoui came out at the same time after receiving two blows. “One on the knee, one on the ankle. It’s more the one on the ankle that’s causing him pain,” said Genesio, more worried about Thomas Meunier and André Gomes.
Meunier very uncertain against Juve
The first came out injured at the end of the match, while Losc is already deprived of its usual starter at the right-back position with Tiago Santos out for several months. “Thomas felt pain in his adductor. We will wait for the exams to find out more but for Tuesday it will be very complicated,” admitted Genesio. As for André Gomes, who is not qualified for the C1, he did not even appear on the match sheet and was replaced in the midfield by the young Ngal'ayel Mukau (19 years old).
“He hurt his hamstring yesterday during the last training. We waited until the last minute this morning to see if there was a slight chance of recovering him. That wasn't the case. is still a hard blow, especially for this type of match. His technical quality under pressure could have been of great service to us. But those who played gave me satisfaction. The result is not what we hoped for. We were exemplary in our state of mind. We will hope that it will not take too long,” said the Lille coach.
Third in Ligue 1, the Mastiffs will therefore host Thiago Motta's Juventus Turin this Tuesday with the ambition of continuing in the Champions League after their prestigious successes against Real (1-0) and Atlético (3-1) .
