At the start of the gathering of the Blues during the last Euro, Didier Deschamps did not fail to remind us that the number of days allocated to the preparation of major competitions had been reduced to heartache over the years.
Therefore, we can easily imagine the reaction that was his on reading the info of our colleagues from
L'Equipe
, who revealed on Tuesday that the internationals will be made available to their respective selections only a week before their last. championship match.
In a circular sent by UEFA to the 55 European federations and to which
L'Equipe
had access
, it is specified that the players will be able to join their selection on November 14, for a World Cup supposed to start on the 21st ... In fact, in case qualifying for the Blues at the 2022 World Cup (for this a victory on November 13 against Kazakhstan would be enough), Didier Deschamps would have a hard time stalling a prep match before flying to Doha.
The small window of September will therefore remain, with two Nations League meetings scheduled for September 22 and 27, 2022.
A crazy schedule and few vacations
As bad news never comes alone, in this particular configuration with a World Cup organized in the middle of the season, the internationals will have very little time to recover from their adventure since they should only benefit, at best, from two weeks vacation (one in the worst case).
We knew that this World Cup in Qatar was going to represent a headache for the world bodies, we can now say without too much risk of being wrong that it should also be a headache for the players, whose health does not seem to be the same. top priority for football decision-makers ...
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