2023-05-02 16:02:12
The programming of the match between Toulouse and Lens this Tuesday in Ligue 1 (9 p.m.), three days after the coronation of the club from the pink city in the Coupe de France, makes one cringe. In Marseilles in particular. The opportunity to look at the calendars of other European championships in this area.
The programming of the Toulouse-Lens match this Tuesday in Ligue 1 (9 p.m.), only 72 hours after the final of the Coupe de France won by Téfécé against Nantes (5-1), is causing a lot of talk. Toulouse coach Philippe Montanier also admitted that it would have been appropriate for his players to have an extra day off, given the festivities that followed his team’s victory. He also said that he understood a possible anger from Lens’ competitors in the fight for the top of the table, in particular Monaco and especially Marseille, who are neck and neck with the Northerners for obtaining second place directly qualifying for the next Champions League.
So, how are our European neighbors organized? England, Germany and Portugal, for example, have chosen to position their national cup final at the end of their respective championships. As tradition would have it in France, the cup final thus closes the season, which limits the risk of disrupting the championship with a calendar to be adapted or a team less concerned. Many leaders, supporters or observers regret the good old days of a cup final experienced as an end-of-season celebration.
Only Italy is exposed to the same risk as France
In Spain and the Netherlands, the cup final is also placed in the middle of the final sprint, but the authorities have chosen not to play any league match on the weekend in question. With therefore a more harmonized calendar for each club and above all… a week of difference between the final and the following day of the championship. Enough to allow the winner or the loser to recover from his emotions. From Toulouse to Marseille, it is above all this too short recovery period that has been criticized, between the final of the Coupe de France and the Toulouse-Lens match.
In the main European championships, only Italy is exposed to a risk almost similar to that of France, since the cup final is scheduled during the week, Wednesday May 24, and the 37th day (with matches at stake for Inter and Fiorentina) is due to take place four days later. This is the minimum that Toulouse would have liked: to have four days off after its historic success at the Stade de France.
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