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In response to RMC Sport, Lille OSC wrote to the LFP requesting that their recreation in opposition to Stade Brestois can be rescheduled from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the seventeenth of March.
It’s because this encounter would come three days after the second leg of their Europa Convention League tie in opposition to SK Sturm Graz, they usually hoped that the additional few hours would offer an already depleted squad with some added restoration time.
Lille at present have seven gamers out injured and are cautious about overstretching their crew forward of the sport in opposition to Brest which they think about a contest in opposition to a direct rival for one of many Champions League locations.
Lille’s request denied
The broadcaster of the match, Amazon Prime, agreed to the change of time, however Lille’s plan was thrown into disarray when the LFP then requested Brest. The present second-placed crew refused to vary the schedule.
RMC Sport studies that Brest have deliberate a number of occasions and has already dedicated to its providers elsewhere and won’t change the scheduled time. Confronted with this the LFP has no selection however to respect the already agreed timeslot, “If everybody agrees, no downside, but when one of many events doesn’t need to, we can not impose something.”
This example will probably add to the at instances tense relations between the 2 head coaches: Brest’s Eric Roy and Lille’s Paulo Fonesca. Final season the 2 clashed on the sidelines resulting in Fonesca being proven a purple card, after complaints that Roy’s sides have been excessively time-wasting.
GFFN | Nick Hartland
