The Stade de Reims players wanted to play at the Auguste-Delaune stadium for the arrival of PSG on the 22nd and last day of D1 Arkéma next Wednesday.
They will have to be content with their usual synthetic pitch, which causes their dissatisfaction.
Without warning, the entire workforce appeared at a press conference this Friday (before the match of the 21st and penultimate day against Dijon on Saturday) to read a press release in order to be indignant at treatment considered unequal.
Faces closed, the players placed themselves around their captain, Rachel Corboz, who read the said press release: “We wanted to come today as a team.
Collectively, we have decided not to participate in press conferences for the rest of the season, given the decision to play our last league match against Paris Saint-Germain on our synthetic pitch (Editor's note: at the Raymond- kopa).
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The former Fleury player then continued “We were given the choice to play on our synthetic or at Delaune.
A vote was taken in the team and we chose to play Delaune for several reasons: a reward for our good season, for fun, for the public, our families, our friends and above all the image of Division 1 Feminine.
The arrivals of big teams like Paris Saint-Germain are also an opportunity to put our club and our team forward.
We find that our vote and our opinion have not been respected.
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🔴⚪️ Women's D1
The players of the Stade de Reims ➡️ have expressed their dissatisfaction at not receiving PSG in Delaune on Wednesday, June 1st
It must be recognized that the reception conditions of their land are deplorable!!!
To read 👉🏻 https://t.co/RoFMl8yJXN pic.twitter.com/qwXDh7nCUB
— Reims VDT (@reimsvdt) May 27, 2022
The players are all the more lifted as from Thursday to Sunday various youth meetings are held in Delaune as part of the 100th anniversary of the Marne District.
The choice to maintain the Reims-PSG on the usual synthetic of the Center de vie Raymond-Kopa would be dictated by the urgency to start on Monday May 30 the annual lawn repair work, requiring seven weeks of installation, so that she is ready for the men's team to host Brighton in a warm-up match on Saturday July 23 and then Villarreal on July 30.
“This is not the real reason, we explain on the side of the Stade de Reims.
Given the tracing of the lines necessary for the matches organized as part of the 100th anniversary of the District of Marne, it was not possible to prepare the pitch for Wednesday.
And besides, we have already shown in the past that we wanted to organize these prestigious women's football matches in Delaune, but that was not possible.
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