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ASSSE face PSG in the Coupe de France final on July 24. Two weeks from the deadline, it’s hard to know which team Claude Puel should field… Lighting.

The final of the Coupe de France between ASSE and PSG is already in two weeks, Friday July 24. A meeting that the Greens have prepared with a first friendly match against fans of Rumilly, before facing Nice, and for which it is difficult to imagine in what line-up they will appear.

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In defense, Perrin should start

In goals, Jessy Moulin will be aligned, except injury, Claude Puel having decided to keep his confidence at the expense of Stéphane Ruffier. In defense, the bad news fell last Wednesday: ASSE failed to strike a deal with Arsenal to allow William Saliba to stay beyond June 30 and make the final. Loïc Perrin, who extended his contract to play the match, should therefore compose the central hinge with Wesley Fofana, with Mathieu Debuchy on the right and Miguel Trauco or Gabriel Silva on the left. Harold Moukoudi ending the season with Middlesbrough and Timothée Kolodziejczak being suspended, young Marvin Tshibuabua could take his place on the bench, just like Yvann Maçon.

In the middle, Moueffek and Gourna-Douath have a good shot to play

In front of the defense, Yann M’Vila looks sure to start. But to accompany it, the solutions are not legion. Mahdi Camara is suspended, while Jean-Eudes Aholou and Yohan Cabaye have left the club. Zaydou Youssouf is still injured and will not return to competition until August. Therefore, Puel has the choice between starting Assane Diousse, as he has done so far throughout the Coupe de France route, even if the Senegalese does not really seem to fit into his long-term plans (he was even absent during the first friendly martch against Rumilly), or more likely to throw a youngster in the deep end. Invited to resume training, Aimen Moueffek (19) is an option, and neo-pro Lucas Gourna-Douath (16) is another.

Puel has the most choice in front

To animate the game, Ryad Boudebouz, hero of the ½ final against Rennes (2-1) four months ago, share favorite, but Wahbi Khazri could also be given the post. On the sides, with the departure to Brest of Franck Honorat, Romain Hamouma has a good chance of starting on the right, just like Denis Bouanga on the left. Arnaud Nordin is an alternative, with his speed, while Kévin Monnet-Paquet seems to be starting a little too far, having just spent more than a year without playing. Finally, at the peak, Puel will not be able to count on Loïs Diony, forfeit after having crashed heavily on a mountain bike, during his vacation. Khazri is an option but it is not excluded that Charles Abi is aligned at the Stade de France, where he scored the 2nd goal of the victory of the U19 Stéphanois in the final of the Gambardella Cup, there is a little over a year. The third option leads to rookie Jean-Philippe Krasso, whose qualities and spirit Puel praised during his first press briefing.