While Euro 2024 is in full swing, some players find themselves confined to the ranks of simple spectators. This is the case of Bradley Barcola and Warren Zaire-Emery among the Blues. Indeed, the two Paris Saint-Germain players have not played a single minute since the start of the competition.
A situation which is reminiscent of that of André Silva with Portugal in 2021. The Portuguese center forward, author of a solid season with Eintracht Frankfurt, only played 36 minutes in the colors of the Seleção, during the previous European Nations Championship.
Total incomprehension
In a recent interview for the Portuguese sports daily
In BolaAndré Silva expressed his disappointment. “I came to this Euro with a lot of expectations and confidence in relation to the season that I had just had, he confided.
It was my best season so far, my stats were close to those of the great players, I broke some records in Frankfurt… so I went there with expectations, but unfortunately things didn’t work out. went as I hoped. »
Finding no explanation for his absence from coach Fernando Santos’s plans, he adds: “I often ask myself this question. I did even more than I could have hoped for at the time. I was the second top scorer in the Bundesliga behind Lewandowski, but football is what it is. We are a team, we must follow a path for the good of all, and it was this. I tried to do my best…”
