Sturm Graz signed a contract with a young player for an unusual event in football, prohibited by the rules of Spain | Relief

You probably don’t know who Konstantin Schopp is, and that’s okay. This is a player who came on in the 90th minute of the Champions League match between Sturm Graz and Sporting and plays as a central defender. Not that this fact is particularly significant, but he is the son of Markus Schopp, coach of LASK and a career player in Germany and Italy. The standard resume of a football player, which from today He boasts that he is one of the few people to have played two games in one day.

At four o’clock in the afternoon, Schopp was living a normal day in his budding football career. He was with the rest of his teammates, focused before the debate of the new day of the Youth League, although he knew that he too had been called up to the main team. This was not his priority. He started with the little ones and, oddly enough, lasted only 45 minutes.. The Portuguese won with a score of 1:2, and Schopp was a little depressed.

He left the field disappointed, especially after the defeat to Sporting was confirmed. However, he still had one nail to hold on to: what if he made his Champions League debut? No sooner said than done, Ilser took advantage of the fact that the game was already decided to give one of the greatest talents of his career a chance to shine. So he decided to bring on Schopp in the 90th minute… who was also playing in the Youth League just three hours before kick-off.

The captain of the young players, Austrian Grgic, was also part of Amorim’s Portuguese Sporting side, although he was not lucky enough to have minutes. This wasn’t the only game where this happened. Mikel Arteta called the Setford goalkeeper, who played 90 minutes for the Youth League side at noon (2pm).. Of course, more as a symbolic gesture, since he was the third goalkeeper on the list and the Brazilian Neto would take responsibility in case David Raia had to leave the field.

However, Schopp’s case turned out to be unique. Moreover, the rules of the Royal Spanish Football Federation do not allow this to happen in our country. A player can be called up to two federation record teams on the same day, but cannot play with both. For this to be the case, usually the same thing always happens: a young player is called up to the first team, doesn’t play and then leaves. to the sports city to protect the subsidiary’s jersey. But if he plays even a second with the seniors, he will no longer be available for a career.

In particular, this means national rules for playing with an interval of less than 24 hours between matches: “Footballers, futsal or beach soccer players of the same club will be allowed to participate in both competitions without distinction, provided that the matches are played on different days, without the need to change licenses, provided they comply with FIFA rules. . in this regard“.

This is a rule specific to Spanish rules, which has been well demonstrated to not exist in Europe. That’s why Schopp made his dream come true without leaving the ground. First with my regular team. Then with adults. At 17:00 he had just changed his clothes, and by 20:30 he was already warming up with the superheroes he admired from below..