It is a booster shot in the midst of a pandemic that Didier Deschamps has just administered. Like all nations, France will be under the threat, throughout the Euro, of contamination with Covid-19. The coach recalled this Wednesday during his press briefing.
“We had tests today,” he explains. We are in a strict health bubble where everything is reduced. We have no freedom from the outside, the players will obviously know that. We will make sure, as with the last gatherings, to be as vigilant as possible. You know, today it’s crippling: from the moment a player is positive, it’s over. He leaves the competition. There is no isolation period that would allow the player to be found afterwards. Regarding that, we will continue to be vigilant. “
Technical staff already vaccinated
Here it is, it is said: if a Blue were to be contaminated, the competition would stop immediately for him. Even if he is asymptomatic or if he simply had to isolate himself for ten days. Didier Deschamps only applies the UEFA regulations. This stipulates that “the final lists of the 26 must be communicated before June 1. Once the lists have been communicated, substitutions before the first match are unlimited in the event of serious injury or illness (including Covid-19 or contact cases). Goalkeepers may be replaced during the tournament in the event of physical incapacity, although one or two listed goalkeepers are still available. A player who has been removed from the list cannot be reinstated. “
Even if a player were to be infected by June 1, the rule is however valid in the minds of the Blues from now: he will have to leave. All the players were tested this Wednesday upon their arrival at Clairefontaine. All technical staff are vaccinated with two doses. For his part, Kylian Mbappé posted a message on Tuesday to show that he had received a first dose of vaccine.
