“I was disappointed. This meeting scheduled on a date when we did not have our Brazilian internationals led us to meet them to try to get them not to go to the selection, confided Jean-Michel Aulas at a press conference, Wednesday, February 2.
“I don’t know if they had a choice but in any case, they didn’t give us hope when we met them”, added, displeased, the boss of OL. The absence of Brazilian players weighed in on Tuesday evening during the replay match of the 14th day of Ligue 1 between Les Gones and Marseille (2-1).
Selected to play qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup with Brazil against Ecuador and Paraguay, the Brazilian players preferred to the fourteenth day of Ligue 1, their national team, although the Seleçao has already ensured its qualification.
“The match was played on Tuesday, without them. I think we would have been better if they had been there and the team was able to transcend despite seven to eight absentees, which was unworthy of the French championship for two teams. vying for places of honour, continued the leader, who is sounding the alarm.
“In my analysis of the quality of the players and their ability to give their all for the shirt and the institution, itis true that having this sword of Damocles in the future with many Brazilian international players could also prove to be a handicap”added Jean-Michel Aulas, determined to defend the domestic championship with the European Club Association (ECA) or the Federation within an increasingly substantial calendar.
“Fifa is talking about a World Cup every two years. When we see the consequences of Covid-19 on the calendar, for boys and for women… We have to settle this subject”he hammered. “Recently, Uefa disappointed us a lot because after the Covid, none of the requests made for the coordination of the calendar were respected and that’s a shame”.