FC Metz – Annecy: Ousmane Ba, ready for battle?
Ousmane Ba will keep the goals of FC Metz, this Friday against Annecy. A great first with the pros in Saint-Symphorien for the Senegalese goalkeeper, thrown into the deep end in Rodez due to the serious injury of Marc-Aurèle Caillard. He will be assisted by Alexis Mirbach, a 17-year-old goalkeeper.
He was the surprise invitation to the victory of FC Metz (4-1) on the lawn of Rodez. Ousmane Ba had to replace at short notice Marc-Aurele Caillard, touched in the warm-up in Aveyron. Little alerted during the meeting, the goalkeeper trained at Génération Foot could not do anything on the goal of Clément Deprès. One of the rare Ruthenian incursions into the Messina zone of truth. A baptism of fire all the same positive for the young doorman of 20 years, with regard to the result of his. “He hasn’t had a lot of work. I also knew he was very good on foot, but he surprised me (at Rodez)”grew bolder Laszlo Boloni on his goalkeeper, first raiser.
In the absence of Alexandre Oukidja, who will serve his last game of suspension this Friday, Ousmane Ba will therefore, in all likelihood, keep the Metz goals again against Annecy. A first in Ligue 2 BKT, in Saint-Symphorien, for the last bastion of the club’s reserve team. A great first also for Alexis Mirbach (2005, 17 years old), who will serve as Ousmane Ba’s understudy. The French U17 international played 4 games with the FC Metz reserve team last season, conceding 9 goals and 1 clean sheet.
Ousmane Ba, an atypical goalkeeper
In recent years, the FC Metz drawn from many offensive players from Génération Foot. The examples are legion. It is therefore rare to see goalkeepers arrive in Metz from the Dakar Academy. Unlike his sidekick Pope Matar Sarralso arrived in September 2020 in Lorraine, Ousmane Ba had to wait to earn his chance. Through hard work, the native of Rufisque ended up becoming the club’s third goalkeeper, and designated holder of the FC Metz reserve team.
Reliable in National 2, he has achieved 6 clean sheets in 16 games since the start of the 2021/2022 season. As so aptly said Laszlo Boloni, he has an above average kicking game. Although he abuses it and sometimes gives some scares to his coaches. Indeed, he sometimes dribble the opposing attackers, like a Fabien Barthez. But make no mistake about it. Ousmane Ba has great potential, and could show it this Friday against Annecy.
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