Esteban Lepaul Injury: Suffers bad knock to tibia

Lepaul suffered a very bad knock to his tibia in Saturday's 4-1 victory against Monaco and will have to be monitored in the coming days, coach Habib Beye said in a press conference, according to Ouest France. "He suffered a really hard knock. My fear was that the players all looked at me and said he'd broken his tibia... Breel came over to me and said, 'It's broken, it's broken!' I thought it was serious. His tibia was badly marked, it deserved a red card. Fortunately, he was able to continue, but we had to take him off because he was in a lot of pain. We'll look into it, because it's a knock that could be a problem for training with the hematoma in 48 hours."

Lepaul suffered a very bad knock to his tibia that could have broken his leg but was able to continue for a few minutes before being forced off in the 75th minute of Saturday's large victory due to increasing pain. The striker will be monitored in the coming days to determine whether he can make the squad for Friday's clash against Metz. If the issue proves to be serious and he has to miss the game or start on the bench, Mohamed Kader Meite will be the one starting alongside Breel Embolo in the frontline.