Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Friday November 22, 2024 at 10:24 p.m.
While Brest fell again on Friday, in Monaco, Pierre Lees-Melou, who has already missed the start of the season for the Breton club, left with an injury and was worried before the trip to Barcelona.
If Brest surprises and shines in the Champions League, where the Bretons occupy fourth place after four days, it's a completely different story in Ligue 1. Traveling to Monaco on Friday, at the opening of the 12th day, Eric's men Roy, already beaten in Montpellier before the international break (1-3), lost again (2-3), against the team ahead of them in C1. 12th in the ranking but under the threat of their four pursuers, including the Saint-Etienne barrage, the Ty'Zefs are in danger, and they have once again lost one of their best players: Pierre Lees-Melou.
The fibula again…
Already injured at the end of April, the former Nice player, suffering a stress fracture of the right fibula, only started his season in October, and notably allowed his team to snatch a draw on the lawn of Bayer Leverkusen. At Louis-II, he was forced to give up his place after around twenty minutes of play. He collapsed in pain while holding his right calf, and was replaced by Edmilson Fernandes. And it was on crutches that he then returned to the bench. Questioned by the broadcaster DAZN, he then explained that he was suffering from “pain in the right fibula”, i.e. at the site of his previous injury…
Absent in Barcelona?
If Lees-Melou should undergo examinations to know the exact nature of his injury, his presence next Tuesday in Catalonia, for the clash against FC Barcelona at the Lluis-Companys stadium in Montjuic as part of the 5th day of the Champions League , seems quite improbable. This would constitute a new blow for the Brestois, who are therefore causing a sensation for their very first European experience but must not neglect the championship, where their situation could quickly become very worrying…
