Marc-Aurele Caillard will undoubtedly have very bad memories of the hard and dry pitch at the Paul Lignon stadium in Rodez.
Hit in a knee last Tuesday during warm-up, the goalkeeper of FC Metz, back in Lorraine, underwent additional examinations.
The diagnosis is terrible for the former Guingampais. He is suffering from a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee.. He will therefore be absent for several months.
A medical joker
Marc-Aurèle Caillard started the season as number two goalkeeper. He kept the Lorraine cages against Dijon, after the expulsion of the usual number 1, Alex Oukidja, downstream. The Algerian international received a three-game suspension. He will be back for the Guingamp reception on September 12.
It is therefore Ousmane Ba, the third goalkeeper who will start this Friday against Annecy. In Rodez, last Tuesday, the Senegalese goalkeeper did not have too much work and he could not do anything on the Aveyron goal.
Since the departure of David Oberhauserthe fourth Metz goalkeeper in Boulogne sur Mer, and with the long absence of Marc Aurèle Caillard, FC Metz therefore only has two goalkeepers left in its professional squad.
Last Tuesday, in the mixed zone of Stade Paul Lignon, the football director of FC Metz, Pierre Dreossiindicated that he would not rush and that he would wait for the end of the summer transfer window, scheduled for Thursday at 11 p.m., to recruit a medical joker soon.