This marathon has everything of the bottomless well. Between the months of January and February, the Brestois stadium must compete at least 14 games – fifteen in the event of qualification for the quarter -finals of the Coupe de France. Le Havre, his next opponent in Ligue 1, argues only eight over the same period.
A real headache for Eric Roy, faced with repeated absences to evolve on these three paintings (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Champions League), but also for the Professional Football League, responsible for programming the Red Meetings and white in Ligue 1.
Only 6 of the 36 committed in C1 will play on Sunday
“As far as possible, we always try to balance the calendar upstream of European matches,” said the LFP side. The goal is to maximize the rest preceding the Champions League match. However, before the 8th and last day of C1 scheduled for Wednesday, which sees them receiving Real Madrid, the Brestois only have three days of rest. Against four days for Paris, Lille and Monaco, all three placed on Saturday.
-Could we imagine an unprecedented niche to host the Le Havre – Brest match on Saturday? “The sequence is a bit special, with the last two days of the Champions League that are linked. In this outdoor (Shakhtar) – Exterior (Le Havre) – Home (Real Madrid) sequence, the most balanced solution is to play on Sunday, “said the League. A position rather specific to French authorities: among all the competitors of the Brestois stadium, only five other teams will play on Sunday, against 23 Saturday. The Feyenoord Rotterdam, tied up with Brest in the standings, saw his match postponed by the Dutch League to facilitate his preparation.
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