“For some, there may not be a return to the France team”

Bernard Diomede warns. This Sunday, on the occasion of the last game of the Limoges Tournament against Poland, the coach of the France under-18 team witnessed scenes and behaviors that would have gone well for him. The meeting between both nations had to be definitively stopped in the 77th minute of the game, due to a… fourth red card received by Les Bleuets. At seven o’clock, the latter were no longer on the field long enough to ensure the end of the match, as required by the regulations. “Unfortunately, it happens regularly, maybe not at a very high level, but I don’t know if this tournament was a very high level tournament,” U18 coach Bernard Diomède told France 3’s microphone for the first time.

And faced with the unacceptable behavior of some of his players, the 1998 world champion is not going to give a gift. “For some there may not be a return to the France team, because they have to understand things,” he said. Others had a good attitude at the end of the game, they tried to calm the game down. You have to analyze well, coldly, those who behaved well and those who behaved badly. As a coach, I will sanction the players that I have to sanction”, added the former professional midfielder.

France Vs Poland U18 Game stopped France was 8 against 11 and now 7 in this whim.
The 2 Monaco players Ben Seghir and Olmeta were not sent off and Benama did not return pic.twitter.com/I067ReI5G4

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