Volland out of Monaco, Omlin returns to Montpellier
ASM will have to do without Kevin Volland against Montpellier this Sunday. The MHSC records the return of Jonas Omlin.
German international striker Kevin Volland injured his right ankle on Saturday morning during Monaco training before the trip to Montpellier on Sunday and will be out of this match, coach Philippe Clément announced on Saturday. .
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“Kevin was injured in the ankle and will not be traveling to Montpellier but it is hoped that he will be recovered by Thursday (travel to Trabzonqpor in the Europa League, editor’s note)”, indicated Clément, before leaving for Montpellier.
Already hit at the same ankle on August 28 against PSG (1-1), Volland had not resumed competition until October 2 against Nantes (4-1), after missing six games.
In addition to Ruben Aguilar, victim of a plantar aponeurosis in his left foot since mid-September and absent for several more weeks, Clément will also have to do without Portuguese attacking midfielder Gelson Martins, embarrassed with the adductors.
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Omin returns
Montpellier’s Swiss goalkeeper Jonas Omlin, absent on Sunday in Toulouse due to an adductor injury, will return on Sunday (1:00 p.m.) to host Monaco.
The Swiss international (4 caps, 28 years old) returned last week from a stay in selection, after two matches against Spain (2-1) and the Czech Republic (2-1), with an injury to the adductors, confirmed by new examinations taken in Montpellier.
Six weeks before the start of the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18), Yann Sommer’s understudy is preparing to contest his seventh match of the season with Montpellier by replacing the Franco-Senegalese goalkeeper Bingourou Kamara, who arrived in the end of the transfer window to compensate for the serious knee injury of Dimitry Bertaud.
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Central defender Maxime Estève (20), recovered from back pain, and versatile left-hander Faitout Maouassa (24), hampered for a month by an injury to the left thigh, regained their place in Olivier’s squad. Dal’Oglio. Only the experienced central defender Mamadou Sakho, injured in a calf, is unavailable.