It is a hard blow that would have gone well for the Losc.
While the northern club is playing part of its future this Tuesday in the Champions League on the lawn of Sevilla FC, it will have to do without Burak Yilmaz.
Victim of a cold snap, the Lille striker did not make the trip to Andalusia.
"He is not there because he is ill," said his trainer Jocelyn Gourvennec.
“It was already a little Friday in Paris.
He was not feeling well on Saturday or Sunday so he stayed in Lille.
He has an individual program to treat his cold snap.
He was in no condition to move.
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Timothy Weah to replace him?
Even if it is a little less efficient in recent weeks, the experience of the Turkish international will inevitably be missed by Lille in the warm atmosphere of Sanchez Pizjuan.
But Gourvennec prefers not to be alarmist.
“Coaches are adapting all the time.
We have Sven (Botman) who is a very important player for us and who has been absent for a while.
But Tiago (Djalo) responds present.
It will be the same for the players who will replace Burak.
It's up to them to take over and bring to the team, ”hopes the Lille coach.
If the name of Yilmaz's replacement hasn't leaked out, all eyes are on Timothy Weah.
Since the start of the season, the American international has often made up for Burak's absences.
It's up to him to put it back on Tuesday, in an ultra-important match.
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