The reaction of several players from the France team regarding the doping accusations against Paul Pogba has raised eyebrows among some observers.
At the end of the friendly match lost Tuesday evening by France against Germany (2-1), several French players agreed to discuss the information relating to Paul Pogba’s positive testosterone test. Supportive reactions, such as that of national coach Didier Deschamps, or even that of Kingsley Coman. The Bayern Munich player declared: “He is a very close friend, a friend of the team who is part of the family. We don’t really know more, it will be looked at, but we know Paul and we know that if something happened, it was probably unconsciously. We are wholeheartedly with him. » So many messages which bothered some observers.
Follower of the Blues for the channel The Team, Bertrand Latour delivered his feelings on Wednesday on these famous declarations from the French players. “ This bothers me considerably. I understand that Coman in particular, who is very close to Paul Pogba, could be concerned for a friend of his. Didier Deschamps is a little different because he is the coach of the France team and it is not the same incarnation. But what I regret in their communication is that they react as if it were a twist of fate. As if Paul Pogba had just injured himself, made himself a crusader, said that it’s terrible, that it’s an accumulation of negative things that are happening to him. No. There, Paul Pogba, he, at the very least, showed lightness.“
“It’s a fault on his part”
And the journalist continues his reasoning. “ By taking a product that is not authorized, by not talking to his medical staff about it, which he is required to do for his employer which is Juventus Turin. It’s a fault on his part. That says a lot about what remains to be done in the world of football regarding doping. (…) At some point, there is a protocol. You should not ingest anything into your body without talking to your doctor or the club and he did not.“
