If you did not know, the death of Thierry Ardisson, on July 14 at the age of 76, of liver cancer who declared himself in 2012, directly touched a league 1. Sékou Mara striker, born in 2002 (he was soon 23 years old), has indeed grown with the genius TV presenter. His mother Audrey Crespo-Mara, presenter of the TF1 JT on weekends, was in a relationship since 2009 with Ardisson and married him in 2014.
Five days after the funeral of his stepfather (last Thursday in Paris), Sékou Mara is the holder for the first preseason match of RC Strasbourg against AS Nancy Lorraine, this Tuesday in Colmar (kick-off 7 p.m.). The former French international hope only scored three goals in 28 games during the last exercise. His coach Liam Rosenior prefers him to Emmanuel Emegha, the regular scorer of the Alsatian training, who thus begins on the sidelines.
We find, in the Strasbourg offensive sector, the Crack of the Dilane Bakwa team and the promising Rayane Messi, 18, who only played in the French Cup last season. Félix Lemaréchal resumes his role as number 10, behind Mara, while Sebastian Nanasi also starts on the sidelines.
Strasbourg has lost cracks
Arrived 7th in Ligue 1 and qualified for the dams of the league conference, the RCSA did not need to advance its preseason since the two European meetings will compete on Thursdays August 21 and 28, after the first day of Ligue 1 (for a derby against FC Metz!). But the English coach of the Alsatians must find the right formula when he lost three executives, the excellent goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic and Habib Diarra and Andrey Santos essential in the midfield.
Strasbourg is playing four other preparation matches in the coming weeks, against Galatasaray, Udinese, Heidenheim and Mainz (a German team also qualified for the conference league). All meetings are to be followed live on the club's YouTube channel as well as on the RMC Sport Twitch. BFM Alsace also broadcasts this first Strasbourg-Nancy.
