Opposed to Olympique de Marseille this Sunday, the LOSC will be forced to compose without Bafodé Diakité, suspended. The central defender has only missed one game this season.
The victory was beautiful, the copy made also, but the success pocketed (3-1) against AJ Auxerre on April 20 did not prevent the LOSC from being somewhat frustrated. During the game, Bafodé Diakité was sanctioned (22 ′) of a yellow card by Thomas Léonard. This was heavy with consequences, synonymous with suspension for the upcoming meeting: the one who opposes Lille to Marseille this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. The DOGUES are therefore forced to compose without the central defender, the most used field player (4,192 minutes in 47 VAT) by Bruno Genesio this season, in one of the most important matches of the season. Ouch…
The Aïssa Mandi solution
Inevitably, this subject could not be avoided at a press conference this Friday, two days before the shock. It must be said that Bafodé Diakité only missed only one meeting between March 07, 2024 (on the bench for 90 minutes against SK Sturm Graz) and today. This part, reception of Le Havre AC on February 08, was concluded with a defeat (1-2): “There are always two ways to see things in these cases.
Either we are sorry for our fate, or we tell ourselves that we have a group that has been formed to overcome this. I am more of the second possibility “the Lille technician started.
The latter was then explained: “We have already shown it this year, since we have not been spared by hard blows, whether injuries, suspensions … We have always facedwhatever the team that started, whatever the players who started. I know that this will still be the case for this match and that The one who will play in the place of Bafo ‘(Diakité) will do the job fully and that the team will be as strong as it is with BAFO ‘(Diakité) “he continued. His replacement will be none other than Issa Mandi, who had perfectly gripped the absence of Alexsandro during the northern derby on the return of the international break. “Who to replace him?” It is not very complicated. No need to have spent a lot of diplomas to become one ”he ways with great degion.
-Concentration maximum
A little experience, Aïssa Mandi is 33 years old and is captain of the Algerian selection, should not hurt the Lille base who, in recent weeks, had the annoying tendency to put his goalkeeper, Lucas Chevalier, in great danger by his own mistakes. Alexsandro, Bafodé Diakité and André Gomes were authors of these repeated errors against AJ Auxerre and Angers.
“We still put a lot in difficulty alone, without the opponent asking for anything”
Bruno Genesio admits, he “Spread his players this week, because It’s a little bit of our Achilles heel On these last games. In fact, it’s even a long story, which has been going on for a few yearshe launched, remembering a few blunders committed in the past. We have to erase that. It can sometimes be a lack of concentration, sometimes an excess of confidence.
I am the first to want to see my team play football, start behind, make beautiful ball outings. But I also want it to be pragmatic and that when you have to play a little longer or not take risks, whether it is the game that dictates our choices and not the other way around. And Sometimes I find that we forget that. There has been no consequences on the last two games, but we still put a lot in difficulty alone, without the opponent asking for anything.
We have to correct it on the last three games anyway ”concluded the LOSC coach, who knows that such a blunder could cost dear on Sunday, against Olympique de Marseille.
