In search of a victory for more than three months, the
Reims stadium Make a perilous trip to the rock to challenge AS Monaco, this Friday evening, at the opening of the 24th day of Ligue 1 (kicks off at 8:45 p.m.). Suffice to say that this poster is not ideal for reviving …
: ” It will be up to us to put ourselves at the level to respond to this adversity, explained Samba Diawara. But it is clear that we expect a difficult meeting. You have to be good in all sectors and complete. We must not have failures. We will have to respond athletically, refour efforts. And at the tactical level, against these kinds of teams and these kinds of players you have to be very precise and make as few errors as possible. Technically, you can't spoil, that is to say to make balloons, and mentally you can't give up. On all points we must be at the height. »»
Samba Diawara must still tinker
With which starting eleven? The technician will have to do without Cédric Kipré, suspended after his expulsion in Rennes last Friday. A scenario that Reims should not reproduce, because Nantes, who had finished in inferiority, took the tide in Monaco (1-7).
“” We saw it a few days ago against Nantes, which started very well and unfortunately found itself ten and completely sunk, said Samba Diawara. Once the machine is launched, it can go very, very quickly. It's up to us to be vigilant, make sure to stay 11, because against these players, having one less player is very, very complicated. We would even prefer to have 12, but it is not possible (laughs). We have to play our best partition. We cannot afford to do less to obtain a result. »»
In an attempt to apply his plan, Reims will rely on his executives like the two Japanese internationals Nakamura and Ito, the Teuma midfielder and the goalkeeper Diouf.
The expected composition for Reims : Diouf – Sekine, Okumu, Gbane, Akieme – Atangana, Koné – Ito, Teuma (C), Nakamura – Diakité.
