"Why do you want to maintain - at all costs - the holding of this Coupe de France meeting when 16 of our players are placed in solitary confinement?", Wonders in a press release the Bordeaux club, which also wonders "why the Isn't the French Football Federation showing more flexibility on this specific issue? "
"Can we rejoice in the positive image of the Coupe de France when a professional club travels with a group made up of a majority of players from its reserve team?" ask themselves: "How far will the ridicule end?"
"Unfortunately, all these questions have not - for the moment - found a favorable echo with the Federation", they add.
The president of the club Gérard Lopez, quoted in the press release, assures us, however, that he will continue to "dialogue with the FFF to consider the best possible solutions in order to avoid offering (Sunday) a show that would not be worthy of the Cup of France".
According to him, it is "essential to preserve the sporting interest of the competition".
"The teams can not be subjected to this health hazard which distorts the situation," he said.
Last week, the Ligue 1 meeting between Bordeaux and Lille was threatened for a time after the appearance of nine positive cases for Covid-19 within the Girondins.
However, it could have taken place because the club had been able to count 21 players available, one more than the limit set by the Professional Football League (LFP) to play a Ligue 1 match.
These nine positive cases concerned Rémi Oudin, Dilan Bakwa, the Norwegian Stian Gregersen, the Malian Issouf Sissokho, Sekou Mara, Enock Kwateng, Tom Lacoux, the Mozambican Edson Mexer and the substitute goalkeeper Gaëtan Poussin.
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