Recruited last summer from Le Havre, Saël Kumbedi is taking advantage of Malo Gusto’s injury to string together matches with OL.
Despite the lackluster performances of Olympique Lyonnais in recent weeks, one player manages to pull out of the game. imposing at the right-back position lately. Against Nantes on Wednesday, he even delivered his best match in the eyes of his coach Laurent Blanc, who appreciates his progress. “He’s been good. I can say that he has vitality to spare. Defensively, he had a hell of a player in front of him who goes fast, who is good in space and he mastered it well. He was able to master his opponent defensively and bring what he is capable of bringing forward offensively. He may have had his best game.” appreciated Laurent Blanc on Wednesday evening. What to compete with Malo Gusto when the usual holder of OL in this position is back?
Sael Kumbedi causes a sensation at OL
For the Olympique & Lyonnais site, it is clear that the competition between Saël Kumbedi and Malo Gusto is likely to spark in the capital of Gaul in the coming weeks. “Saël Kumbedi represents the future even if the contract of only three years signed this summer can challenge (…) for four games, he has shown that he has everything of an old veteran despite his precocity. There is inevitably the carelessness of youth for these debuts but the European U17 champion has shown that he is not impressed. appreciates the media, which also dares to compare it with a certain Ferland Mendy, who also landed at OL from Le Havre before winning in Lyon then tasting the French team and joining Real Madrid .
We won’t go too fast in promising this fabulous destiny to Kumbedi. But if he can already make the match with Malo Gusto, there is no doubt that it will be positive for Olympique Lyonnais, who have two excellent players in this right-back position. And it won’t be a bad thing either for the player trained at OL, who has lacked competition in recent months since the departure of Léo Dubois, and could play without fear of losing his place. A pressure that could therefore allow him to give the best of himself in the coming months.
