De Préville, Adli or Bakwa will surely have the opportunity to show themselves with the injury of Ben Arfa.

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  • The Girondins de Bordeaux are traveling this Wednesday (7 p.m.) to Metz on behalf of the 18th day of Ligue 1.

  • Deprived of Ben Arfa for at least the next two weeks, Jean-Louis Gasset could revive De Préville or Adli failing to completely change the system.

  • During this period, the young Dilane Bakwa could also have his chance with the Navy and White.

Black is black!

This is surely what the supporters of the Girondins must stand for, but also Jean-Louis Gasset and his leaders.

The only real satisfaction of the first part of the season and glimmer of hope in the Bordeaux game, Hatem Ben Arfa will be absent for at least 15 days at the start of 2021. Injured in the right thigh, he will not be traveling this Wednesday (7 p.m.) in Metz.

A big blow for the Navy and White!

So how to replace during this period the one who has been the club's most decisive player since his arrival last October (two goals and four assists)?

Jean-Louis Gasset will have to find the solution at the risk of seeing his team (13th in Ligue 1) sink a little more down the table.

From Préville or Adli?

Since mid-November, the Girondins have found a certain balance even if it remains precarious in a 4-2-3-1 system with a free Hatem Ben Arfa in number 10. Jean-Louis Gasset should not upset everything in his absence.

The natural replacement for the French striker is Nicolas De Préville.

Problem, the latter is only a shadow of himself this season (a tenure in the last eight games): “He must regain confidence, smile ... He must live.

When an attacker does not score a goal, he is necessarily in doubt.

17 games without scoring for an offensive player, it's worrying, ”explains Laurent Blanc's former assistant.

At the end of the contract in June 2021, the player also has to deal with a very uncertain future.

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The other solution would be to revive the young Yacine Adli (one goal and two assists this season) as playmaker, he who has mostly been used further down the field this season.

Capable of both the best and the worst, the 20-year-old midfielder is sorely lacking in consistency but he knows this position perfectly and remains a real creator by dribbling or passing.

It is he who should be holder in Lorraine this Wednesday to replace Hatem Ben Arfa. 

Change system

It is a possibility for Jean-Louis Gasset.

Returning to a three-way environment with a player alongside Otavio and Basic to densify this area of ​​play. Yacine Adli appears there as the number 1 choice. Jean-Louis Gasset could also choose another option, just as young.

That of Mehdi Zerkane.

Fennec had been excellent in preseason at this position under the orders of Paulo Sousa before being replaced on one side by the new coach of the Girondins.

Why not Bakwa? 

It would be a big surprise but why not as the other would say.

Dilane Bakwa is one of the youngsters who have joined the professional workforce this season.

If for the moment he has only had the right to small pieces of games (26 minutes this season), the French U19 international has always shown interesting things.

As a winger, he can also play number 10 as he did as a youngster.

Very technically gifted, he has that creative side that Ben Arfa can have.

So yes why not see him a little more at the start of the year ... 

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