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Since his arrival at the head of AS Monaco, Philippe Clément has multiplied the tests to find the most competitive eleven. The one able to play as he wishes. In recent months, the Belgian technician has made strong choices. By favoring a composition with only one attacker, he decided to play the competition in front. Wissam Ben Yedder, an essential element of the Monegasque workforce since his arrival, no longer seems to have the same influence on his team’s game. Breel Embolo, recruited this summer, also gains more playing time and seems to be very popular with his coach. So the situation of the French international, not called for the World Cup, raised questions.
Last September, his case had already been debated after returning to the locker room before the end of a meeting he had started on the bench. In recent matches, the former Toulouse striker is no longer a starter. Replacing the entire meeting against Brest when he had nevertheless chained two goals in two matches against OM and Auxerre. Facing Lorient, he once again started the game on the bench before returning on the hour mark and snatching the point of the draw in the last seconds. Enough to open the debate on his recent replacement status. At a press conference, Philippe Clément was asked about his player and wanted to clarify the situation. In his way.
Monaco still counts on Ben Yedder
“There are several things. First, Breel Embolo is having a good season. Last season we had a midfield consisting of Tchouaméni and Fofana for the majority of matches, with two forwards, which were Kevin Volland and Wissam Ben Yedder, who played together, with Kevin doing a lot of work off the ball to help the middle (…) Breel did good things, Wissam too. I’m happy with both. When you look at the stats, both are around 8 goals. They respond present every time they play. There is no problem with Wissam”he launched before explaining that the 32-year-old striker was physically less fresh than before. “Wissam, I have a lot of respect for him, but he’s not going to improve physically. We must have a top Wissam every time he is on the pitch. For the moment, there is a good balance. Nor is it the same Wissam as 3, 4 or 5 years ago.
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The Belgian technician took the opportunity to detail his rotation choices in front. “Of course I want Wissam to stay. He did good things for the team in Lorient. Not just his goal, and you don’t just need goals for a striker. Wissam has done some good things over the past few months. We don’t have to start talking about [sa situation] as a weakness. It is a strength. I understand it’s sometimes hard to understand, but Haaland, who is a young player, you can say he has the energy to play every game, but he doesn’t play every game. Last thing: when I let a player play all the time and he is injured or suspended, the other player who can play in his position is never ready if he has not played for three or four months. It is also something important. (…) That there is a rotation of players, this is increasingly the case in modern football: so that the players have freshness to do everything they have to do.
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