The defense project during the CAN
Concerning the attack, Endrick must arrive quickly from Real Madrid to provide weight and depth up front. Behind it, it’s more mysterious despite the certainty of losing Clinton Mata and Moussa Niakhaté for the month of January. Enough to depopulate a sector that is often solid, but which is hanging by a thread in terms of the size of the workforce.
Paulo Fonseca nevertheless has elements on hand, but they clearly do not meet expectations for the moment. “ We will see the response from the players we have at the moment », Launched the Portuguese coach to OL TV. For Le Progrès, the former coach of AC Milan and Lille was clearly targeting three elements: Ruben Kluivert, Hans Hateboer and Téo Barisic.
For the first two mentioned, it will be necessary to prove that they are capable of doing much better than what they showed in the first part of the season. For the Croatian defender, this will perhaps finally be the opportunity to be seen, he who has only played 21 minutes with the pros this season, during the quiet match against Tel Aviv. For the rest, it will be the big jump because Barisic mainly plays on the sidelines, and participates sporadically with the National 3. In the meantime, Fonseca has a lot of trouble trusting these three players, to the point of putting Tanner Tessmann in central defense.
Proof that OL are still clearly fair in central defense, which is currently making Lyon supporters sweat before the start of the transfer window.
