Will the Girondins be able to field a team on Sunday for their round of 16 in the Coupe de France against Brest? And following January 7, to receive OM in the league? These two questions remain unanswered for the moment but one certainty, given the extent of the contamination of the Bordeaux locker room, these two meetings are indeed threatened. According to information from RMC that we are able to confirm, the FFF changed its regulations on Friday, notably canceling the rule which requires a club to field in the Coupe de France at least 7 players who have participated in one of the last two matches. .
A modification which should avoid postponements of the match this weekend, for the round of 16. “It forces us to play in the end, it is to make us play at all costs” reacted in a press conference this Friday noon the team doctor, Thierry Delmeule. He also drew up an uninspiring inventory: “Yes, we have 21 (positive) players, it’s a cluster. There is only the Omicron variant, it is very difficult to trace the chain of contaminations. The two unvaccinated players are not among the 21 infected players. I discuss with them because, on January 15th, it could become obligatory for them. They will have to do it if they want to play ”thus detailed the sports doctor of Mérignac.
“We have 25% of cases that have had symptoms. We are rather on a bad cold but we have players who have nothing at all ”he added. The Girondin workforce, which has been largely affected for ten days, was tested again on Tuesday, December 28, when a new positive case appeared, as well as on Wednesday, 29. Between these two dates, no player crossed paths.
In addition, Vladimir Petkovic clarified this afternoon that “2 players are blocked in Portugal because they are positive”, without revealing their identity. The Bordeaux coach, worried, said he already saw “in the first training sessions that there is physical fatigue”. He is hardly confident for the reception of OM on January 7, which also seems to be on the razor’s edge “if a player arrives next week in training, it is impossible for him to be ready for Marseille”. The LFP regulations so far provide that a club can request the postponement of a meeting if it does not have 20 uncontaminated players including a goalkeeper from a list of 30 established with the League at the start of the season.
Thursday at the end of the day, the Girondins de Bordeaux indicated that 21 of their players were “unavailable for reasons related to Covid” for the round of 16 of the French Football Cup scheduled for Sunday in Brest. Via a press release, the club asked itself “Why is the French Football Federation not showing more flexibility on this specific issue?” (…) How far will the ridicule stop? The meeting between Brest and Bordeaux is (for the moment) scheduled for Sunday at 1:45 p.m. at the Francis-Le Blé stadium.
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