The newspaper L’Equipe has specified a small criticism of Florian Maurice, after the announcement of the Rennes coach about the participation of his players in the Paris Olympic Games.
Stade Rennais didn’t mince words. Asked at a press conference about the possibility of several players from the Breton club attending the Paris Olympics, Florian Maurice and Thierry Henry calmed down. The Rennes technical director is confident that the SRFC will not release the few managers of Julien Stéphan’s squad will probably interest the coach of the French team Espoirs, legally calling up 3 players over the age of 23.
“I have an answer. No! It can be understood that releasing four starting players from Stade Rennais in a competition. . . It’s also important to understand the clubs (. . . ) We will do everything we can to help the French national team, but the interests will have to be common. You can’t take your clothes off to dress up for the French national team. A categorical refusal that made the sports newspaper L’Equipe smile. . .
On its website, the newspaper recalls that the former Olympique Lyonnais striker participated as a player in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Under the orders of a certain Raymond Domenech, the one who had just been the top scorer of the French championship with the Gones shone by completing the top scorer of the festival with 3 goals in 3 games: two goals in the organization against Australia and Saudi Arabia, in the quarterfinals against Portugal, although the Lusitanians eliminated the Tricolores (2-1). .
Maurice, capped six times and one still with Aimé Jacquet’s senior squad, was not called up two years later for the 1998 World Cup, which he won thanks to Les Bleus after a 3-0 win over Brazil in the final. Associated with the Olympic Games, Florian Maurice no longer shows the same enthusiasm and thinks above all about the interests of Stade Rennais. Defensible but notoriously detrimental to Les Bleuets!
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