Has Eduardo Camavinga become the new man to kill?

• Eduardo Camavinga is uncertain for the trip to Nîmes on Wednesday.
• The young midfielder of Stade Rennais suffered numerous faults and shocks Friday evening during the defeat against OM.
• For his teammate Mbaye Niang, the young Frenchman will have to learn to play with his new status.

He should have received a red card. Friday evening, in a bitter match, the young Marseillais Boubacar Kamara split a foul sole on the ankle of the little one Eduardo Camavinga, who remained on the ground for several minutes. The fairly clear illustration of a strategy barely masked by OM: hurting the little prodigy of Stade Rennais. Manhandled throughout the match, the young midfielder had to come out injured late in the game, just after Kevin Strootman's fox goal. "He took a lot of hits everywhere. But he never hides and he continued to play, asking for the ball, "summarized his trainer Julien Stéphan, half worried, half admiring Monday evening.

An essential element of the starting 11th, Camavinga is not sure of being restored for the trip to a late match in Nîmes on Wednesday. “It's 50-50. We will test during the session (this Tuesday), ”said his coach. His package would be a real handicap for his team as the environment shines, especially in the absence of Clément Grenier and Jonas Martin, injured. In Ligue 1, number 18 of Stade Rennais has already suffered 48 faults according to OptaJean data, which makes it the most targeted player in the championship.

We will not go so far as to say that there was a contract on Camavinga. But there have been two or three scandalous faults. Even if it is the player who concedes the most faults in L1, he had never experienced a match like yesterday where he was clearly targeted. Learning #srfc

Author of a service below its standards, the young recovering environment has not released its usual serenity, probably hampered by the aggressiveness of the Marseillais. “He took a lot of hits. In view of the matches he makes, he begins to be targeted by the opponents. It's part of the job, ”says Mbaye Niang. Already against Amiens in the French Cup, Cama had suffered some ugly faults of players probably frustrated to be dominated by a 17 year old kid. A learning phase necessary according to the Senegalese striker. "If you play against Camavinga today, you are trying to destabilize him, to limit him to the maximum. He responded well, he kept calm, that's how we had to react. He must understand that he has become an important player and that he will be targeted. It has to respond with its quality, which it does very well, ”says Niang.

"You will probably have to stand out faster"

For his coach, the young midfielder may have to adapt his game to avoid shocks. His teammates will also have to support him. "It will undoubtedly have to stand out faster to avoid contact and duels." Its captain Damien Da Silva also has his idea. “Marseille wanted to hurt or hurt important players on our team. At one point, you have to respond intelligently, "added the captain, who had a bad foul on Maxime Lopez, who brought Dimitri Payet's almost decisive free kick late in the game.

Match after match I am scared by the faults of which Camavinga is victim it is necessary that the refereeing body protects Camavinga it can badly end it is only 17 years old @LFPfr @UnafArbitres @ArbitresSAFE

At Stade Rennais, this is not the first time that the question has arisen. For two years, the debate was concentrated around Ismaïla Sarr. Very lively, the Senegalese winger regularly suffered blows from late defenders. Sometimes described as an artist or a simulator, the current Watford player had seen his coach Sabri Lamouchi demanding that he be better protected. If it does not evolve in the same register of "creator" as Sarr or that Neymar, Camavinga deserves as much to be preserved.

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• Julien Stéphan
• Nimes Olympic
• League 1
• Soccer
• Rennais Stadium