This Sunday, OGC Nice are facing Stade Rennais in matchday 14 of Ligue 1 (kick off at 13:00)

Pierre Lees-Melou suffered a wrist fracture during training. “It’s a big blow. We know how important Pierre is to the team, Adrian Ursea explained in his press conference. He’ll have an operation and it’s only after that operation that we’ll know how long he’ll be out for. He fell just like you fall all the time but he landed on his arm and it gave way. We know Pierre’s qualities and how hard he works, the positions he takes up on the pitch: he gives us good tactical flexibility. It’s a big loss.”

“The other players now need to know that we’ll rely on them. We made a lot of changes in the Europa League on Thursday to show them that they’ll get their opportunities”, the Nice manager explained. He also announced that Racine Coly would be unavailable. After a nasty fall against Hapoël Beer-Sheva (1-0), the wing back is suffering from whiplash.

On the other hand, Adrian Ursea announced that both Flavius Daniliuc and Kasper Dolberg would be back against Rennes: “Kasper is a really important player for us. His presence brings so much to the team. He worked hard physically and he needs to gain confidence. We saw in training that he was getting better and better. We need to see whether he’ll be back for the weekend’s game. Because the games are going to come thick and fast. As for Flavius, he was recovering all week and was working on his fitness. We’ll also have to check with him but it’s very likely that he’ll be back in the squad tomorrow”.

Here’s the full medical report:

Treatment:

Dante: anterior cruciate ligament

Pierre Lees-Melou: Fractured wrist

Myziane: thigh muscular injury

Racine Coly: Whiplash

On the way back:

Youcef Atal : Thigh problem

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