Olivier Frapolli’s rant against the FFF

Will the National Championship have 3 or 5 changes? While several competitions, including Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, have adopted the measure of a maximum of five changes per match and per team following the long months of confinement, the French Football Federation (FFF) has not yet met. expressed on this subject concerning the third hexagonal division. Enough to anger Olivier Frapolli.

“It surprises me a lot”

“Why do we not have the same rules? Asked the coach of Laval (National) on Thursday, on the eve of a friendly clash against Saint-Malo (N2). We operate like a professional club. The objective is to preserve the physical integrity of the players. Everyone agrees that with such a strong inactivity in recent months, playing 90 minutes causes a lot of injuries. We see it in every game, just yesterday [plusieurs joueurs du Paris Saint-Germain se sont blessés contre l’Atalanta Bergame en Ligue des Champions, ndlr]. We are in a professional championship, we will play five games in September because we do not have an international break and we will only have three changes. We have less resources, we have smaller staff, we do not have the medical means of the big clubs, we also have players loaned by professional clubs, it is a great amazement! There is no communication on the subject. Between National coaches, we have been having a WhatsApp conversation since the Covid-19 and we are all very surprised, “he says in comments relayed by France Blue Mayenne. And Olivier Frapolli concluded: “With five changes, we can imagine a match in the first 45 minutes since we will have the right to bring in more players. It would be a very good measure. Today, I did not info which would say that we are going in that direction and I must admit that it surprises me a lot “.

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