Before challenging the Netherlands, Friday evening at 8:45 p.m., Aurélien Tchouameni presented himself to journalists. The opportunity for the person who replaced Kylian Mbappé, still absent from the press conference, to make a violent rant about the hellish calendar. “Obviously we play too many matches, it’s a surprise to no one. Today, it’s rare to have a week with just one match. This materializes in injuries, it is up to the authorities and the players to bang their fists on the table, we have the impression that things are not going to get better with new competitions. Something has to be done. When it’s too much, it becomes a problem”first sent the Real Madrid midfielder.
Relaunched on the issue, the 23-year-old Habs – who hopes to celebrate his 28th selection in Amsterdam – then called for a general mobilization to find a little coherence in international planning. “We are not necessarily asked for our opinion. As the seasons go by, we realize that there are more and more matches. There is a problem with that. I saw a statistic: I was one of the players who played the most matches in Europe over a period when I was injured. When I say putting the point on the table as a player, it means that after a while, if we are all against playing so many matches, we all have to come together and we make a decision to be heard. If everyone speaks a little on their own, there is no strength”. For Tchouameni, the message is whatever happened!
