For the 2022 World Cup, internationals will only be made available for their selection a week before the competition, according to L’Equipe.
Breeders will cringe. While the opening match of the World Cup in Qatar will take place on November 21, 2022, UEFA has reportedly informed the European federations that the clubs could keep their players until Monday, November 14 and then leave them at the disposal of the selections.
Therefore, it is possible that the different continental leagues will decide to place league matches on Sunday 13 November. In Ligue 1, for the moment, the 15e the day is also scheduled for the weekend of November 11 to 13 …
What complicate things for Didier Deschamps. Indeed, according to the sports daily, if the France team qualifies, it will be complicated to organize a friendly match. Without forgetting that only one gathering will take place, in September for two matches of the League of Nations group stage (started in June with four matches) scheduled between 22 and 27 September.
Not easy, especially since the other question mark concerns the physical state of the players, who are increasingly sounding the alarm bells in the face of the pace of the matches.