While the French team is currently challenging the Netherlands, an executive from the Blues did not hesitate to make a rant during the preparation for the match.
The Blues returned to action this Friday evening, with a perilous trip to the Netherlands, as part of their qualifying campaign for Euro 2024. An international break which is far from being easy for the players who have to deal with an already overloaded schedule with their club.
The statement almost went unnoticed, but in the current context, it is significant. Aurélien Tchouaméni, committed and transparent, did not hesitate to challenge FIFA about the infernal pace imposed on professional footballers. “ We realize that there are more and more matches. After a while, if we’re all against it, we need to get together and talk about it », Launched the Real Madrid midfielder.
“It will be up to us to bang our fist on the table”
Tchouaméni clarified his remarks. “ Obviously we play too many matches. It’s very rare to have weeks with only one match. The organisms are put to the test and inevitably there are injuries. It’s up to the authorities to do something. At some point, it will be up to us players to bang our fists on the table. We don’t have the impression that this is going to get better, on the contrary. For a player to play 80-90 matches in a season is too much. » The message got through.
The Blues returned to action this Friday evening, with a perilous trip to the Netherlands, as part of their qualifying campaign for Euro 2024. An international break which is far from being easy for the players who have to deal with an already overloaded schedule with their club.
The statement almost went unnoticed, but in the current context, it is significant. Aurélien Tchouaméni, committed and transparent, did not hesitate to challenge FIFA about the infernal pace imposed on professional footballers. “ We realize that there are more and more matches. After a while, if we’re all against it, we need to get together and talk about it », Launched the Real Madrid midfielder.
