At first glance, the contact between Yvann Maçon and a Slovak striker at the Meinau stadium on Monday evening, at the end of the first period, seems trivial. But the reaction of the 22-year-old full-back in the seconds that follow indicate something quite different: his right knee spins and the player screams in pain. The Stéphanois then spent several minutes at the edge of the field, under a survival blanket, before being evacuated from the stadium at half-time by ambulance.
First tenure with Les Bleuets
“He is in so much pain that we could not exchange”, will say after the meeting won by the Bleuets their coach Sylvain Ripoll. He does not hide that he fears a serious injury. Same concern on the side of AS Saint-Étienne, with this message on Twitter: “The Stéphanois leaves his teammates on a stretcher. Yvann, we cross our fingers for you!”. A very sad scenario for the first tenure of Yvann Maçon at the Bleuets.
Medical joker for ASSE?
The first diagnosis is far from reassuring. Daily The team evokes this Tuesday morning a knee dislocation, which would imply several months of absence. If it lasts more than three months, as the injury took place in selection, the Greens would be entitled to a medical joker.
But even with this backup solution, a long unavailability of Yvann Maçon would remain very bad news for the Greens. One more in recent days after the failed transfer of Rennes striker M’baye Niang at the end of last week. And the other failure of the transfer window: that of the missed return of William Saliba, on loan, after his signing with Arsenal.