Asked at a press conference about the scheduling of the Northern derby in 1 month, Bruno Genesio expressed his annoyance and dissatisfaction.
“It’s scandalous”thundered Lille coach Bruno Genesio at a press conference on Thursday concerning the scheduling of the derby against Lens on Saturday October 26, only three days after a trip to Madrid in the Champions League. “There is an irresponsibility, Genesio said. I know the clichés when we say that we have to pay attention to the health of the players: yes, we are well paid, we do an extraordinary job, but that’s not why we don’t have the right to say certain things inherent to all professions. Playing in Monaco (Friday October 18 at 8:45 p.m., Editor’s note), in Madrid (to face Atlético on Wednesday 23 at 9:00 p.m., Editor’s note) and in Lens, it’s scandalous.
This schedule is undoubtedly explained by the trip from Nice to Budapest to play against Ferencvaros in the Europa League on Thursday October 24 (6:45 p.m.), just before the ninth day of Ligue 1, which pushes the Nice-Monaco schedule to Sunday 27 (5:00 p.m. ), before a third major match, Marseille-Paris the same day at 9:00 p.m. “But when we make a schedule, we know that there are these three matches, so instead of putting the three on the ninth day, let’s put two on the ninth day, and one on the tenth, if we have a little footballer thinking”, retorted Bruno Genesio.
The 58-year-old coach went on to criticize the pace of the football calendar: “We can think a little about the players, who are the essential players in football, because without players, there is no TV, no coach, no referee, no president of the League, There’s nothing!” Before getting ironic: “Maybe in Madrid, we will go with a reserve team to preserve ourselves for the derby, and then we will be criticized for not playing the Champions League to the fullest…”.
SEE ALSO – Matches, goals, results…The stats of Raphaël Varane’s immense career
” data-script=”https://static.lefigaro.fr/widget-video/short-ttl/dugout/index.js” >
