Aurélien Tchouameni will play big in the coming weeks. Injured in the knee at the start of the season, the French midfielder was left at the disposal of Real Madrid by Zinedine Zidane despite his return to competition. “Aurélien is a player who was arrested for almost two months, he has 180 minutes,
the new coach explained. For his recovery process, it was best for him to stay in Madrid, to continue preparing. »
The speech of the former Ballon d’Or necessarily contrasts with the habits of his predecessor. And all the more so in view of the recent declarations of the Madrid midfielder, who indeed revealed that he played diminished by pain during the last World Cup. “At the end of the third or fourth match, and even a little before, I had pain, he revealed to France 24. Obviously, it’s a World Cup so we try to put everything in place to perform as well as possible on the pitch. I took risks that I might not have taken if it were at another time, but I don’t regret anything. »
“The players understand that sometimes there are circumstances that require you to give your all. And that’s it, I paid the price later, but it’s part of my story and there are no regrets about that.” he continued, adding about his failed performance against Spain’s Rodri, Fabian Ruiz and Dani Olmo: “No, obviously, it was not the real Aurélien Tchouameni. »
Tchouameni like Umtiti?
“But this is the first time this has happened and it’s not the last time. There are plenty of moments in a competition where we discuss with the medical staff and the technical staff in place, you have to do something to be on the pitch, so that’s what I did.” he explained again.
But these comments did not fail to provoke a reaction. And some see similarities with the case of Samuel Umtiti, who did not hesitate to play injured during the 2018 World Cup. A decision with serious consequences for the former Lyonnais, whose knee never really recovered afterwards, hastening the end of his career at just 30 years old.
“Didier Deschamps has blood on his hands, thus accused a Barcelona supporter. He destroyed Umtiti’s career in 2018 and he obviously didn’t even learn from his mistakes since he did the same with Tchouameni this year. This is irresponsibility and a lack of respect for his players. It seems like he treats them like cattle. It’s despicable. »
