Lecture : 3 minutes
Ligue 2 (Day 1): Guingamp – Niort, Saturday (7 p.m.)
On the eve of the first match of the season, Guingamp will be the favorite against the Chamois Niortais. Sylvain Didot could organize his team with a defense of five.
Guingamp in 3-5-2?
Apart from the long-term wounded (Pierrot, Ba, Phiri), Sylvain Didot has a full group. He even called 21 players, including the third goalkeeper, Youfeigane. The Guingampais coach should line up his team in 3-5-2.
The probable team: Larsen – Eboa Eboa, Sampaio, Niakaté – Livolant, Carnot, M’Changama, Rebocho – Ngbakoto, Gomis, Pelé.
Niort without Sissoko
Already absent from the preparation, Ibrahim Sissoko will not be at the forefront of the attack of the Chamois Niortais. The best director of last season (15 goals in 25 games), a time coveted by Guingamp, is injured in the knee and could also leave before the end of the transfer window.
M’Changama captain
Unmissable since his arrival from Grenoble last summer in the last days of the transfer window, Youssouf M’Changama is the new Guingampais captain. “He is a leader of efforts, he will soon be 30 (August 29). He imposes it by his ability to do the maximum every day to be as strong as possible. He must also be able to carry the right message on the day of the match “, wants to believe Sylvain Didot for whom” a captain must not be there to shine on everyone, he must just be effective on the few words he can say ”.
In front of 5,000 spectators
The atmosphere will obviously be special for this first match of the season. Because if the club had made the request to accommodate 7,000 spectators, the Breton prefectures agreed to limit the gauge to 5,000 for all their clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Which, in Guingamp, amounts to inviting only the 4,500 subscribers. Wearing a mask, distancing … the precautions will be those usual, Saturday. And they will prevent the Red Kop from giving voice as usual. The main group of Guingamp supporters has suspended its activities. Only little curiosity expected: the choice of the new entry song, which was put to the vote of the Kalons.
Romao will resume on Monday
Passed by Guingamp Thursday afternoon, at the same time as his agents, Pierre Issa and Salim Arrache, Alaixys Romao left in the evening to prepare his move. The new defensive midfielder has signed up for a season and will be presented to the press early next week. The new number 26 of EAG has been prepared with the reserve of the Stade de Reims and with a personal physical trainer. “He’s someone who doesn’t cheat and who will tell me when he’ll feel good,” Sylvain Didot knows. Perhaps we will see it as soon as Nancy receives it next Saturday (3 p.m.). The player will in any case be in training from Monday.
Romao, Didot’s ex-teammate
Wink of fate: Alaixys Romao and Sylvain Didot played together. They have indeed shared 13 minutes in the field, with Toulouse, during a sad elimination at Schiltigheim in the Coupe de France (0-3, February 15, 2003). “On frozen ground, hard as concrete,” recalls the Guingampais coach. The two men also shared a few minutes with the téfécé reserve.
Ndoye quickly left
Come to train last week with Guingamp, Cheick Ndoye left last weekend. Short of form and knee operated in March, the former Angevin did not offer enough guarantees, unlike Alaixys Romao who therefore landed Thursday.
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