In addition to holding a frantic pace until the end of January, Lille will have to do without several of her executive players, suspended for important or trampling matches like in Strasbourg this Saturday (7:00 p.m.) during the 19ᵉ League day 1.
Extremely rare, Jonathan David will not occupy the point of the attack on LOSC This weekend at the Meinau stadium, suspended due to too many yellow cards received. A remarkable endurance and health player, the Canadian is almost never absent, even when he returns long trips with his selection.
The New York native was only replacing four occasions with the northern club this season, proof of its importance in the system of Mastiff.
Comment Lille Go to unravel the defense of the Alsatian club, unbeaten for seven matches, without his providential striker, scorer 18 times all competitions this season?
The looks will turn to Mohamed Bayoin pain since the start of the year, that Bruno Genésio should relaunch. “Mohamed Bayo is for me the natural replacement of Jonathan David since he is a specialist in the position”he advances. “It is very likely that he will have to replace him.”
Around him, Hakon Haraldssonin great shape in 2025, will have the keys to the game and undoubtedly even more responsibilities, always in the absence of the wounded Edon Zhegrova – dont Génésio “thinks he will not be in the group” – et MATIAS FERNANDEZ-PARDOthe two main detonators of this team by their dribbles and their races.
This meeting should also allow Angel Gomesso precious in the midfield at the very start of the season, to accumulate playing time. “Angel needs to regain the pace of matches, gradually,, confirms General. The difficulty is that as we chain a lot of matches, very little training time ago, so you have to do it through matches, but it is not always easy. I find it better and better, it is on the right path. “
-Behind also, a basic man will not crowd the lawn to Strasbourg : Alexsandrosuspended. Still among the best Lille to Liverpool Tuesday evening in Champions Leaguethe Brazilian will surely miss the Lille rearguard, who will have to contain “Intensity, races, carelessness” d’“A team that scores a lot of goals”observe General.
Other important players will miss because of suspensions during this sequence of crucial matches for the rest of the season. Aïssa Mandi and above all Benjamin André will be absent against the Feyenoord Wednesday (9 p.m.) during the final meeting of the league phase of the C1 who will decide on direct qualification or not Lille For the knockout stages.
The captain of Mastifftoo often penalized for his commitment and his disputes with the arbitrators, will also be in the stand Ligue 1 when receiving Saint-Etienne Three days later.
“This is why we have to have a substantial workforce, to compensate for the absences of the players suspended or not qualified, because against Feyenoord, André Gomes and Aaron Malouda, who is regularly in the group, are not Registered on the listunderlines Bruno Genésio. It makes a lot of absences for different reasons. We will compensate, in the midfield, it is a sector where we still have a little people, on other positions, it can be tense, but it is the lot of teams that play a lot. “
All these reasons should push Lille to recruit a player in the offensive sector in the coming weeks.
