Football – Before the return of the Champions League, the former coach of the Espoirs regrets that there are so many matches
We left him with a beautiful silver medal obtained with the French team during the Olympic Games. We will meet him again on Tuesday with the entire CBS team to comment on the news around the Champions League. If he is no longer the coach of the Espoirs, Thierry Henry has kept his role as consultant. And it is in this context that he gave his opinion on the new format of the Champions League, which begins on Tuesday.
Two more games in the group stage, play-offs… This is not unanimous. Even the 1998 world champion has ambivalent feelings about this new format. “I think that for us, for CBS, it is simply exceptional to be able to talk about more games,” he explained during the CBS press conference, reported by The Athletic. But, there is a but, for me, because I will side with the coach. Too many games. As a former player, I don’t know how these guys do it.
“Do the math for a player who plays every game.”
“It’s hard to play a season, then go to the Euro and come back to play for the national team,” adds Titi. “Matches here and there and then the Club World Cup at the end of the season. So, even if I want to see AC Milan against Liverpool and I want (…) - 20minutes
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