Stuck in the second half of the table, Olivier Dall’Oglio will have to rack his brains to tackle this clash at Geoffroy-Guichard
against Olympique de Marseille, this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.). Although the Greens have obtained their best results in their Cauldron this season, the technician must deal with a real massacre.
No less than nine elements will be missing on Sunday evening. Anthony Briançon, Mickaël Nadé, Yvann Maçon, Thomas Monconduit, Aïmen Moueffek, Augustine Boakye, Ben Old and Ibrahima Wadji are all on the flank. Worse, the precious Mathieu Cafaro is suspended. Kévin Pedro, Cheikh Fall, Igor Miladinovic and Ayman Aiki have thus joined the professional group.
An inexperienced group for the Greens
“We are here to first resist, be solid and then show our weapons. What we were able to show in the last matches to Geoffroy Guichard, Dall’Oglio said. And we are capable of that. Yes, we can consider that it is a European team. When there is a team with a very big budget and which buys talented players, it is because they certainly have more talent than our players, that is clear. It’s not the same ambitions, it’s completely different. What are we missing at any given moment? Perhaps some players will lack mental skills, some players will lack physical skills and others will lack technical skills. We know that these players are solid. Afterwards, we can’t… We can’t have this kind of players, but we have to have other arguments to counter them. We know that these teams are made to play in Europe. »
With which starting eleven? Dall’Oglio will necessarily have to take risks with a squad that lacks experience in this type of gala match. Around the Larsonneur, Appiah or
Davitashvilithe Greens should rely on a young group without much reference. The presence of Abdelhamid is also a notable question.
The expected line-up for Saint-Etienne : Larsonneur (c) – Appiah, Batubinsika, Abdelhamid, Pétrot – Bouchouari, Ekwah, Mouton – Aïki, Stassin, Davitashvili.
