Bordeaux forced to play in the cup: Gérard Lopez sees red – all football

The owner of the Girondins de Bordeaux does not digest the decision of the LFP.

Thursday, the owner of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Gérard Lopez, gave a rant at the probable maintenance of the 16th round of the Coupe de France against Brest on Sunday (1:45 p.m.), while the scapular club has 21 cases of coronavirus in its effective. On the airwaves of RMC radio, the owner of Aquitaine then put on a layer.

“There has to be a certain fairness. You don’t play a tennis double with one player on one side and two on the other. It doesn’t make too much sense to have a distorted competition. is maintaining a discussion with the FFF. A truncated tournament does not have the same value. The regulations that exist were put in place at a time when there were not 200,000 positive cases in France. (…) We simply say that the cut is distorted. We want to play it hard, this competition is prestigious. Because of the Covid-19, we will not have our chance to defend our interests. I find that a bit of a shame. change that, “lamented the Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman.

“Whether it is us or Brest, we do not play the European Cup so we are not bound by a particularly busy schedule outside of Ligue 1. (…) We want to play this competition to the full, we do not We’re not going to make fun of Brest. We’re not going to put a goalkeeper in attack. We can’t do that, “added Lopez.

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