On a small cloud at the moment, with a current series of 14 games without defeat including 10 successes in Ligue 2, Paris FC (2nd) in the fight for the rise in the elite, would have done well without injuries that came to disturb his daily life in recent days, starting with that of Lamine Gueye. Indeed, the Senegalese striker, author of 2 goals in 4 games since his arrival on loan from Metz (L1) in January, was injured on Saturday after scoring his team’s third goal against Sochaux (3-1) . A quarter of an hour from the final whistle, Gueye fell badly on his ankle and had to leave the field on a stretcher.
In the heat, coach Thierry Laurey was rather reassuring after the meeting by evoking a “simple sprain” but, according to our information, the latest examinations revealed that the ankle ligaments are affected. The 23-year-old striker will have to undergo surgery soon. The club expects him to miss the end of the season. A blow for Paris FC which had found in Gueye an element capable of dynamiting its attack thanks to its speed and its address in front of the goals.
Alfarela also injured, a goalkeeper on trial
And as that was not enough, Paris FC recorded a new big blow. During a training opposition on Wednesday, Migouel Alfarela, 25, felt pain in his knee after colliding with a partner. The striker recruited in Annecy (National) last summer (2 goals in L2), and who returns regularly during the match, had an MRI this Thursday morning to establish the exact nature of his injury. The internal meniscus would be affected, and like Gueye, pessimism is in order. He should also be out of action for six weeks.
“It’s bad start for Lamine and there are big doubts for Migouel, regrets Thierry Laurey. These are not trivial injuries and I think first of all of the players. For us, it’s very annoying for this end of the season. Lamine had fitted in perfectly, he had already shown all his qualities. Migouel was very valuable in his role as joker at the end of the match. We had choices in attack, suddenly, we have much less. We will have to adapt, hoping that there are no more injuries. The concern is that we are losing two explosive players who brought a lot of speed to the game. There, we will have to compensate with different profiles and characteristics. “If Warren Caddy has resumed training and should be operational in about fifteen players, he is indeed an axial striker.
In the absence of Gueye and Alfarela, Thierry Laurey is forced to find other offensive solutions for the trip to Nîmes this Saturday at 3 p.m., as part of the 27th day of Ligue 2. Jaouen Hadjam or Florent Hanin could go up. ‘a notch.
In addition, a 20-year-old goalkeeper, Teva Gardies, is on trial this week with the L2 team. He is the titular goalkeeper of the Sète reserve, and is also followed by several other professional clubs.
