“Recharge” and “prepare”, behind the scenes of Ligue 1 clubs during the international break

Let’s go for almost a month and a half of truce in Ligue 1: the French professional football championship stops to make way for the World Cup which begins on Sunday November 20 in Qatar. Official resumption on December 28. An eternity in the middle of winter… but a well-deserved rest for all L1 clubs in reality.

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“Everyone goes on vacation for two weeks!“, smiles Christophe Pélissier, the coach of AJ Auxerre, who suffered a heavy defeat against PSG and its many participants in the World Cup. Indeed, several clubs – including that of the capital – are making a clean cut until in late November-early December to recharge the batteries.

A break that will make “much good“, slips Bruno Génésio, the coach of Rennes, whose players have just played their 21st match in three months. “I think we also need to recharge our batteries a little, and especially mentally. Gotta have a break ’cause it’s a freaking pace“, defends the “coach” of the Bretons, clinging to third place on the podium. But, for all that, there is no question of letting go: then place the preparation for the second part of the season which also promises to be very dense. “It’s interesting to break the routine a bit, to get together, even if we won’t be complete. In any case, it’s a second preparation, it’s as if we were at the start of a new season.”says Bruno Génésio, who will take his players on a few days’ training in Portugal.

The people of Nantes will also be in Portugal to meet up, when the staff of Lens, Monaco or even Lorient opt ​​for Spain. Toulouse has chosen Turkey and Lyon, for its part, is expected in Dubai… All these clubs will then play friendly matches in December. And it will then be necessary to manage the return of the globalists, and in particular in Paris which has twelve in its ranks.