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With the suspension for a match by Anthony Lopes, Julian Pollersbeck finds himself propelled onto the Ligue 1 stage. Saturday against Monaco, the German goalkeeper will start for the first time in the league, the opportunity for him to show what he is doing. is capable.

For his first Ligue 1 match with Olympique Lyonnais, Julien pollersbeck may not have expected this scenario. In order to fill the red card received by Antoine Lopes for a hand outside his penalty area, he replaced Xherdan Shaqiri in the 76th minute of the derby in Saint-Etienne on October 3 (1-1).

Debut in a difficult context, a boiling Cauldron who wanted to see his team equalize, which he rather succeeded, even if he had to bow to a penalty of Wahbi Khazri. “He made a very good entry against ASSE. It was not hot, but sometimes it helps to come in during a match, we don’t have time to scatter, to project ourselves, to be caught. by the stake, so we are quite liberated, a detailed Nicolas Puydebois on the set of “As long as there are Gones” Monday. We have everything to gain by entering the field and I think he played in that state of mind. He put in a good performance, although he didn’t hit a lot of balls. “