By Aline Chatel
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Adolphe Teikeu must follow international news with a heavy heart. The central defender of Stade Malherbe Caen revealed himself in Ukraine and Russia, alternating between the two countries for six years until his signing with Sochaux in 2015. This Saturday February 26, 2022, however, he will have his head elsewhere while a match. Barring a big surprise, he will start ahead of Bastia at the Ornano stadium. It will be his first appearance in the lair of the SMC, his second participation in a Caen match this season.
“Need to see what happens”
The first time, the Cameroonian was injured after four minutes of play. After having had to fret throughout the month of December, for lack of qualification, his return to competition had been terribly frustrating. Adolphe Teikeu took three good weeks to recover. A month after his injury at Sochaux, he played nearly 90 minutes at Granville in National 2. With an investment and solidity hailed by coach Vandeputte. On the bench of the first team the following week, he hopes to finally really start this evening.
For him, for us, we need to see what it will do with almost all our strength.
Caen had not recruited Adolphe Teikeu, at the end of November, to leave him on the sidelines. However, by force of circumstances, he hardly played. “It’s difficult, comments Stéphane Moulin. When you resume, you come back, you get hurt, you get hurt again… This is the story of players who haven’t played for a long time. We also had that with Franklin Wadja. »
Nine months without competition
Concretely, Adolphe Teikeu has not played since May 2021, nine months. “We thought he could play in December, but we are approaching March. It only added weeks to the weeks he had missed. But you have to start at some point, it seems to be the right one. With, however, the constant uncertainty of players lacking competition.
The human body is made in such a way that when it has not been used for a long time, as soon as it is asked to resume a rhythm with intensity, there are often small problems.
Stéphane Moulin needs to know where his player is, in a defensive sector where there are so many solutions that Jonathan Rivierez has been asked to stay in the stands this evening.
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