A few hours ago, in the middle of the Champions League evening, Tottenham published a press release to announce the postponement of its Europa League Conference meeting on Thursday evening against Stade Rennais. The reason ? A large number of cases of Covid-19 within the English club. But this Wednesday evening, the French formation wanted to make certain things clear after the announcement of Spurs. Because according to the SRFC, the meeting is not yet officially postponed.
“Following the press release published by Tottenham at 9pm on Wednesday, Stade Rennais FC would like to clarify the following facts. In a video conference at 7.45 p.m. between representatives of UEFA, Tottenham and SRFC, the Spurs director of football announced her intention not to play the UEFA Europa Conference League game. Thursday evening. Unilateral decision which has not been confirmed by UEFA in any way. The Tottenham representative did not want to announce the number of her players affected by the Covid while the rule states that a game must be played as long as the team has 13 outfielders and a keeper. She argued for a decision by the English authorities without advancing any official document. As the match was not officially canceled by UEFA, Stade Rennais FC upheld their decision to play. Faced with this “London fog”, the SRFC reserves the right to approach UEFA. This lack of fair play is all the more glaring as Tottenham had confirmed by email that the match would be held at the start of the afternoon before warning Rennes of their intention not to play just after their landing in London City ”, explains Rennes in its press release.
