Le Gym begins a new three-match week with their sights set on the crucial meeting in Brussels next Thursday to stay alive in the Europa League. But the Aiglons still show up with as many players in the infirmary as on the field. On Thursday there were only twelve outfield players present at training. Cho has joined the injured clan and will not play again in 2024. Like Dante, successfully operated on his meniscus this week. While Boudaoui and Abdelmonem remained warm, weakened all week by a virus.
The only good news concerns the return of Jérémie Boga, who will offer a solution in attack. The Boga – Laborde – Guessand trio seems to hold the rope. While in the middle Rosario, Ndombele and Diop should form a solid and complementary triangle to try to reproduce the good things seen in Lyon despite the defeat (1-4). A setback obviously marked by the refereeing, but also by this defensive feverishness which sticks to the legs of the Aiglons.
Doumbouya first?
Bombito doesn’t glow as much when Dante is away. The Brazilian could this time be replaced by the young Amidou Doumbouya (17 years old) who could experience his first tenure. While Nandjou and Louchet will still try to do what they can on the sides. “Eleven or twelve absent is too much, it changes the preparation for the match, the training,” whispers Franck Haise. “Especially since there hasn’t been much good news lately.“The Gym coach hopes to eat his black bread. While opposite, Didier Digard finds these red and black colors which suit him so well.
Le Havre residents also diminished
The former captain and coach of the Aiglons has been trying to lead the maintenance mission in Le Havre since last summer. This is the first time in his career that he will face OGC Nice in the shoes of the opponent and feelings will undoubtedly be mixed when he returns to the Allianz Riviera. His mission on the Gym bench allowed him to turn the team around but his departure from the road in Europe and his name associated with the Galtier affair had undoubtedly cost him an extension on the bench. His end of adventure at the club also has a bitter taste, he who had returned to the elite group last season. His team occupies the play-off position (16th) and has alternated victory and defeat for five days. Also affected by a cascade of injuries since the start of the season, the Ciel et Marine club is deprived for this meeting of three important men, defender and captain Arouna Sangante as well as wingers Issa Soumaré and Josué Casimir.
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