• The Girondins de Bordeaux club has just announced that it has 21 players unavailable, due to Covid-19.

  • However, the team must travel to Brest on Sunday as part of the Coupe de France.

  • Club president GĂ©rard Lopez is continuing his discussions with the federation to consider the best possible solutions.

Can the round of 16 of the Coupe de France between Brest and Bordeaux, scheduled for Sunday January 2 at 1:45 p.m., take place?

Nothing is certain.

A few days before his trip to Brittany, the Bordeaux club has just announced that it now has "21 players unavailable for reasons related to Covid-19.

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🔴⚽️ Towards a report from @ girondins- @ OM_Officiel scheduled for January 7?

Like @AngersSCO (for @ASSEofficiel), it is "very likely" that the club will ask for it.

We will have to see the evolution of the cluster but the official request could quickly arrive 1/3 #Bordeaux #Girondins #FCGB #OM

- Clement Carpentier (@clementcarpet) December 30, 2021

Since the resumption of training on Wednesday, ten new positive cases have been detected, including goalkeepers Benoit Costil and Tidiane Malbec.

As Gaëtan Poussin had been infected before the reception in Lille on December 22, he is still in a period of isolation and will not be able to resume this Sunday.

It would therefore be necessary to call on the last man available for this post, Davy Rouyard, if the match took place.

"Why do you want to maintain - at all costs - the holding of this meeting?"

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On paper, Bordeaux could make this trip, since the club is able to line up at least seven players who have played one of the last two games, as stipulated in the regulations. But the president of the Girondins GĂ©rard Lopez still wonders "why want to maintain - at all costs - the holding of this Coupe de France meeting? "And to continue:" From how many positive cases should we estimate that sports equity is threatened? "

"It seems clear that the virus will affect the vast majority of clubs in the coming weeks," concludes GĂ©rard Lopez.

It is therefore essential to preserve the sporting interest of the competition and to take into account the fact that the teams cannot be subjected to this health hazard which distorts the situation.

"Discussions with the FFF (French Football Federation) are continuing" to consider the best possible solutions in order to avoid offering a show that would not be worthy of the Coupe de France ".

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