Lille will want to surprise Marseille at the Vélodrome

For this match, Jocelyn Gourvennec will still be without Weah, who is finishing his recovery after a muscle injury at the end of 2021. The Lille coach will absolutely want to revive a dynamic that was broken on January 4 after elimination in 16th final of the Coupe de France against Lens on penalties after leading 2-0 at the break.

The statement: Sven Botman should not leave this winter

Before letting his coach speak, Olivier Létang invited himself to a press conference yesterday to take stock of the Lille transfer window. He notably closed the door to a departure this winter of the Dutch Sven Botman coveted in particular by the new rich of Newcastle in the English Premier League: “Our wish is to keep Sven Botman until the end of the season. We want to keep our best players and continue what we did at the end of 2021.

The player to watch: Edon Zhegrova, new face

The Lille president also took advantage of the eve of the match to present his new recruit, the Kosovar Edon Zhegrova who wore the colors of the Swiss club FC Basel: “We really appreciate his qualities: percussion, elimination, a very good foot left. His qualities are quite rare. He has to fit into the characteristics of our team. Quality is not enough, he has to fit into the project.”

  1. Zhegrova is a left-handed attacking midfielder used to playing on the right to get on his strong foot
  2. At 22, he already has 24 selections for his country.
  3. He left his country at the age of 16 to play with the youth teams of the Belgian club Standard de Liège.
  4. He signed a 4 and a half year contract with LOSC. The LOSC would have paid compensation of 7 ME.
  5. He played 74 matches with the Swiss club. He is involved in 28 goals.

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The Stat: The Jonathan David Addiction

The Canadian striker, caught up with Covid 19 during the end-of-year celebrations and therefore absent during the derby on January 4, is making a comeback on the lawn of the Vélodrome. Jonathan David has scored 16 of LOSC’s 37 goals in all competitions. With 12 achievements, he is still the top scorer in the L1. He also scored 3 times in the Champions League and once in the Coupe de France.

The composition “France Bleu Nord”: Return of David and Yilmaz

Grbic – Celik Fonte Botman Reinildo – Gomes André Sanches Bamba – Yilmaz David


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