Olympique Lyonnais will have to do without their top scorer this season in Ligue 1, Wednesday January 6 (9 p.m.) against Lens on Matchday 18. Karl Toko Ekambi (9 goals in 154 matches) tested positive for Covid-19, announced The team, Sunday January 3 at the very end of the evening.
The 28-year-old Cameroon striker’s absence adds to that of the Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes (23 years old), also infected by the coronavirus during the end of the year holidays and which remained in Brazil pending a negative test. In October, Léo Dubois, Anthony Lopes and Maxence Caqueret had contracted the disease in the ranks of OL.
Leader of L1 at the break with a better goal difference than Lille (36 points, +20 against +19) and a step ahead of PSG, Rudi Garcia’s team will also be deprived of Marcelo (suspended) and Moussa Dembélé (forearm fracture) facing the Sang et Or (7th). She will then go to Rennes (4th), Saturday January 9 (9 p.m.).
At the same time, the Losc will receive Angers (9th) then go to Nîmes (20th); Paris is expected in Saint-Étienne (14th) before receiving Brest (11th). Mauricio Pochettino will then play his first “Clasico” against Olympique Marseille on Wednesday January 13 (9pm), as part of the Champions Trophy, played in Lens. This match was originally scheduled for August 1.
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