LYON, Faransa – Thiago Almada, sabon dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Argentina, zai fara wasansa na farko a kungiyar Olympique Lyonnais (OL) a wasan da suka yi da Toulouse a ranar Asabar. Almada, wanda aka sanya hannu a kungiyar kwana uku da suka wuce, zai fito a filin wasa a karon farko a gaban masoya 40,000 na Lyon.
Pierre Sage, kocin Lyon, ya bayyana cewa Almada ba zai fara wasan ba, amma zai shiga cikin wasan a lokacin. “A yau, bai shirya don yin babban lokacin wasa ba, amma idan ya ci gaba da nuna abin da yake nunawa a horo, yana da damar samun ‘yan mintuna a wasan da Toulouse,” in ji Sage.
Almada, wanda ya koma Lyon daga Atlanta United a MLS, ya shiga kungiyar ne a lokacin canja wurin hunturu. Ya yi horo sau uku tare da tawagar kafin wasan da Toulouse, kuma an sa ran zai taka rawar gani a kungiyar a ragowar kakar wasa.
Masoya na Lyon suna sa ran ganin yadda Almada zai taka rawa a kungiyar, musamman bayan da kungiyar ta sha fama da rashin nasara a kakar wasa ta bana. Almada, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da “The Magician” saboda fasaharsa a filin wasa, zai iya zama mafita ga matsalolin da kungiyar ke fuskanta a fagen wasa.
An yi imanin cewa Almada zai iya zama mai saurin daidaitawa da salon wasan Faransa, musamman saboda ƙwarewarsa a MLS da kuma ƙwarewar sa a duniya. Masoya na Lyon suna fatan cewa zai taimaka wa kungiyar ta samu ci gaba a gasar Ligue 1 da kuma gasar cin kofin Faransa.
