“Those who do not want to follow this rule stay at home”: Antoine Kombouaré explains his management of Ramadan

Questioned on RMC, Antoine Kombouaré raised the sensitive subject of managing Ramadan within the locker room. What he takes into account, both during the week, for training, but also on weekends, when putting together his group. “To be together on the field, it means being together to eat in the morning, at lunch and at snack time,” says the man who found his place after the ousting of Jocelyn Gourvennec on March 19. “So far everyone agrees. But it's between intelligent and responsible people. Those who do not want to follow this rule, there is no sanction. On the other hand, they stay at home.

Same thing in training, where the program is different for players who are fasting. “During the week, we manage. There is no problem. We have breakfasts, those who are fasting don't come. We have lunches, they don't come. When we double the sessions, they only do the morning session. In the afternoon, they are in treatment or resting. But they don't double, because Ramadan is a month and it's penalizing for them in the long term.

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