Several players selected for the World Cup are preparing to play their last Ligue 1 match on Sunday. A tense meeting, where we will have to avoid injuries.
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The players concerned by the World Cup are focused on the last match of the Ligue 1 football championship. Le Marseillais Amine Harit, Moroccan international will nevertheless play sunday november 13 a very big game against Monaco but he there is no question of slowing down. “From the moment you start to calculate, to be careful not to hurt yourself, that’s when injuries happen”, he assures. You have to play a “regular game”. “You have to give your all. It’s by giving your all that you avoid injuries.
The 15th day of the championship continues on Sunday. Last meeting before the truce and the world in Qatar, the match of all dangers for the French and foreign internationals of our championship selected for the 2022 World Cup.
“You have to go into the duels at 100% and not think about the World Cup. It will come after. If we have to do it, so much the better. If we have to get hurt in the last game, it’s fate. But it there will be no restraint. We will play 100%”
Amine Harit, Moroccan internationalat franceinfo
Canadian Jonathan David also says he is ready to give everything. The Lille striker, currently one of the best scorers in Ligue 1 will be the star of his national team in the world. “We don’t want to get hurt, but I try not to think about it too much and just play”he says. “I’m always ready to play, after if the coach puts me on the bench, it will be his decision but I will never go on the bench for fear of injury.”
Will the Ligue 1 coaches, who know the context very well, spare their players selected for the World Cup? “I never asked myself the question, it would only be missing!” answers Antoine Kombouaré, the coach of Nantes. The boss of the defense of the canaries, Jean Charles Castelleto will be traveling to Qatar with Cameroon but before his trainer expects him to be 100%. “He must play a great match, he must help us win this match against Ajaccio, then he can leave quietly to play his World Cup.”
The PSG coach has several World Cup stars in his squad. “Everyone is listening to their body in this pre-world period and there can be fear at times”, recognizes Christophe Galtier. “You can’t take away from our internationals that the World Cup is coming.” But before this PSG Auxerre, it will not “to spare no one”. Moreover, no player asked him not to play.