Rémi Oudin still has a smile. However, the midfielder admits, he “still feels very tired and not 100%” to play a high level match. He is also still positive for Covid-19, he who was tested on December 17. Despite this situation, he is authorized to play against OM on Friday (9 p.m.). He is one of these six players in recovery but still symptomatic, in addition to the eight other cases who can not play because they respect the LFP protocol. In all, the Girondins therefore count 14 players still infected with the virus.
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But for instances, it’s only the last eight positives that count. The match can therefore be maintained at this stage since more than 10 unavailable players are needed to postpone a meeting, as for Lorient-Lille. Today, it is for this reason that the Navy and White are crying scandal: “The club is not respected!” The players either. The same goes for the supporters. We are still in contact with the LFP but for the moment, they have decided to maintain the meeting ”denounce Admar Lopes, the technical director of the club. In total, the Girondins have had 21 cases of Covid-19 for three weeks and today, they would almost hope for three new ones by the match to be in the nails and get the match postponed.
“Declaring forfeit is still a possibility”
The club is particularly struggling to understand changes in the rules of the authorities at the last minute. Last week, it was the FFF and Bordeaux was ultimately forced to play in Brest with only seven players from the first team available and this week, it is the LFP which is reviewing its protocol. ” It’s incredible ! I’ve never seen that in my life, ”admires Admar Lopes. The Portuguese leader goes even further by asserting that “withdrawing is still a possibility and we are going to talk about it with the president”.
The Bordelais also have to deal with two injured (Briand and Traoré) and two called up to the African Cup of Nations (Onana and Mensah). The only good news is the return of Paul Baysse to collective training. The defender could even help out for a few minutes against OM after six months without playing because of a rupture of the cruciate ligaments. In the meantime, all players have been retested this Thursday morning and will be retested again on Friday match day.