Matias Fernandez-Pardo Injury: Suffers ankle injury

Fernandez-Pardo missed Sunday's 4-2 win over Paris FC due to a recurrent ankle injury that didn't allow him to be at full fitness for the clash, coach Bruno Genesio said in a press conference, according to Le Petit Lillois. "Matias has been dealing with an ankle injury for some time now. During the international break, he didn't train the first week to receive treatment. He resumed training at the beginning of the week, and yesterday he felt the pain again. He told the doctor he couldn't play tonight at 100%. I made the decision not to call him up, since he couldn't play unless he was at 100%. Now we'll see how it progresses between now and Thursday (Dinamo Zagreb), and between now and Sunday for the Le Havre match."

Fernandez-Pardo has been dealing and playing with an ankle injury for some time now and wasn't able to be fully fit to feature in Sunday's clash against Paris FC. The winger will be assessed at the beginning of the week to see if he can be fit to feature in this week fixture against Zagreb on Thursday or Le Havre on Sunday. The issue seems to be minor according to coach Bruno Genesio, suggesting he should return in one of those games. If he had to miss more time, Hamza Igamane could see increased playing time in the frontline.