the supporters to give themselves wings before challenging Lille

If the Racing players still doubted the support of their supporters after the welcome they have given them on return from the victorious derby in Metz on February 14 or with the guard of honor on their arrival at La Meinau a week later before facing Angers, this Saturday’s session cleared the last uncertainties.

Some 300 of them have indeed come to give voice along the handrail of the training ground.. Something to boost the morale of the 20 Racingmen who took the direction of Lille in the wake of this match before session. A group that has changed little compared to the one called against Angers last weekend. Thierry Laurey has changed only one player: Mehdi Chahiri finding his place there at the expense of a Kévin Zohi slightly affected Thursday in training, according to his coach, but very present on the lawn this Saturday (like Adrien Lebeau and Abdoulaye Ousmane, who however did not take part in the opposition at the end of the session).

After going back to a 4-4-2 system with a diamond-shaped middle in Metz then against Angers, Thierry Laurey could go back to a 4-2-3-1 already used 12 times this season (as many times away as at home). If the back four should not budge, as the Aholou / Sissoko pair seem to have a head start in this system, the return to 4-2-3-1 could benefit Chahiri. The midfielder was indeed titular on the left side of the trident in Dijon and against Reims the last two times that Racing has evolved like this.

It is difficult to see Thomasson not being aligned as a leader in the center of this trio, with on his right a precious Diallo in the defensive retreat – which will not be too much against a Lille team that Thierry Laurey considers particularly “dynamic in front – and free to lend a hand when necessary to Ajorque on the front of the attack.

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