Reform Agency
Monterrey, NL
Andr-pierre Gignac still does not know if he will have to cut the preseason of the Tigers to play the Olympic Games in Tokyo, as a reinforcement of France.
The feline forward said yesterday that he does not know if he will be summoned by the coach of the French Olympic team, Sylvain Ripoll, for the summer tournament.
No, I don’t know yet, Gignac responded to Grupo Reforma’s question about whether he had news about his call, after leaving the physical tests and medical exams in Sports Medicine at the UANL.
A source from the feline club added that there is no exact date to receive the request and although the club has the last word, the technician Miguel Herrera has already declared that for Gignac it is a motivation to be an Olympian and of course they will let him go.
The Olympic event in the soccer discipline starts on July 21 and France coincidentally debuts against Mexico in Tokyo on the 22nd and the Apertura 2021 of the MX League starts on the 23rd.
THEY WILL HAVE TO MODIFY THE TABLE
Previously, there was an established rule of launching in advance the lists of the players to participate for each selection, however, with the pandemic, the delivery times of the squad lists have been extended.
Ripoll revealed a preliminary list of 50 players, of whom only 18 will remain.
In the event that Gignac is considered, he will miss the Tigers’ tour of the United States, where he will hold three preparation games in Texas.
Gignac will not be against Chivas, America and Austin FC of the MLS, a tour from July 4 to 13, but above all he will not be there for the first days of Apertura 2021, depending on where France arrives because the Final is on August 7 .
That will make Miguel Herrera have to modify his tactical stop for the start of the tournament.
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