Ferri, Kouyaté, Tamari…: at MHSC, the executives on the ground before the last match of the season in Lens

Saison terminée pour Jordan Ferri, touché à un talon. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

Injured, defender Kiki Kouyaté and midfielder Jordan Ferri are unavailable to play the final match, Sunday May 19 in Lens.

It's over for "Kiki", Ferri and probably Tamari too. The injured central defender, midfielder and striker of Montpellier will not travel to Lens for the last match of the season, Sunday May 19 ( 9 p.m.).

Victim of a blow to the iliac crest in Toulouse (1-2) two weeks ago, after a tough fight with Dutch center forward Thijs Dallinga, the international Malian is not suitable. On Wednesday, the pain, too strong, forced him to interrupt the session and give up a great duel with the former Montpellier center forward, Elye Wahi.

Kouyaté and Ferri, season of ups and downs

Between his suspension after his exclusion in Monaco, his participation in the CAN and this injury, the solid defender has only played 23 games this season. He completes a campaign of ups and downs just like Jordan Ferri, hit in the heel and replaced in front of Monaco (0-2) after half an hour last Sunday.

An essential executive since 2019, and his arrival combined with his accomplice Téji Savanier, the vice-captain has only started 23 matches in Ligue 1. His starting status has therefore been called into question within ;a team where only Joris Chotard and Téji Savanier have exceeded the threshold of thirty matches played.

Six "holders" minus, Mincarelli back

Montpellier, assured of maintaining its position, is preparing to challenge Lens, in search of a European ticket, with a team reduced by six players, starting at the start of the season . In addition to Kouyaté and Ferri, goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte, injured in the Achilles tendon, striker Arnaud Nordin, injured in the adductors, and playmaker Téji Savanier, suspended, will be deprived of the meeting at Bollaert. Just like Tamari, injured in an ankle in front of Monaco.

The young defender Lucas Mincarelli, who served his two-match suspension after his exclusion against Nantes (1-1), and Modibo Sagnan, who recovered from his left thigh strain, are applying in a defensive sector where Der Zak has solutions galore.

In the offensive sector, the Montpellier coach will probably make choices by default given the cascade of failures in front of Monaco. The young Othmane Maamma, who entered Ligue 1 through the front door with a hair-raising half hour in front of Monaco, could even start. As for Wahbi Khazri, sidelined during the last three matches, he is training.