Luis Henrique, the young winger of Olympique de Marseille.

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  • OM face AJ Auxerre this Wednesday at 2:45 p.m. in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France.

  • The Marseillais are deprived of Payet, suspended, and Milik, injured, a chance to see the young Luis Henrique finally holder?

Time or never for Luis Henrique?

Olympique de Marseille travel this Wednesday to Auxerre in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France, in a competition which is of particular importance for the Marseillais, left behind from the podium in Ligue 1. But Nasser Larguet, the interim coach since the update André Villas-Boas's foot will not be able to count on Dimitri Payet, excluded against Paris on Sunday, or on Milik, still too soon after his injury.

The perfect opportunity to see the young Luis Henrique?

“In the group, he will be there.

I discovered him, he has great qualities, power, good technique.

He took risks against Paris by hitting on goal.

He is a player who will have his chance, ”said Nasser Larguet.

The coach also stressed the importance for his team to be more present in its area, and in the opposing area: “The two problems are our 20 meters and the opposing 20 meters.

We are doing great things between the two surfaces, but we must have more personality in these areas ”.

Against PSG, as many balls touched in twelve minutes, as Germain in 56

Against Paris, Valère Germain, holder in attack, touched 18 balls, when Dario Benedetto touched nine.

Luis Henrique, who played 12 minutes in place of Florian Thauvin, touched 18, which is as much as Germain who played 44 minutes more, and twice as Benedetto, playing 34 minutes.

And he shot once on goal, as much as Germain, when Benedetto didn't shoot.

Statistics which should convince the Marseille staff, but Luis Henrique only played bridles in matches under AVB, and only returned in the 86th against Lens, and in the 78th against PSG with Larguet, who remained evasive on the fate of the Brazilian against Auxerre.

“So far I haven't stopped the team.

When a player goes out on injury or suspension, it gives another chance.

And that allows us to see the qualities that can bring this type of player or another player.

We have a lot of options ”, explained Nasser Larguet, without convincing of a possible tenure.

"It's hard not to put him in the holder"

With the suspension of Payet, the departure of Radonjic and the injury of Milik, Olympique de Marseille ultimately does not have that many options.

"If he does not start there, he will never start," said Téo, who has been following the player closely since his arrival.

Larguet saw his good entry against Paris, and said so, it's hard not to put him on.

He does simple things, without going into Radonjic-style dribbles to show that he can play in a collective.

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And it is not during his only tenure, against Porto, in the Champions League, that he allowed him to show his qualities.

A poisoned present for Sarah, a subscriber to the South Winners.

“You put him against a very solid team opposite, against whom it's difficult to show yourself.

He did not know this level, and we were already not well at that time, ”she considers.

For Téo, it was downright "to send him to the fire, I do not even count this match as a tenure.

It was a way of saying, 'stop puffing me up with Henrique, you see he's not ready' ”.

Is he now?

It will take him more than 10 minutes of play to finally be able to prove it.

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