It turns out that in the 21st century, players need to ask officials for permission to leave the country..

According to the current updated list of restrictions on the movement of residents and guests of France across the borders of the European Union, the need for which is caused by the next wave of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, professional football players were prohibited from leaving the country to play matches of their national teams.

This decision is due to the fact that players who visit non-EU countries, upon returning to France, will have to undergo a two-week quarantine..

In particular, it closed the way to the national team of the Netherlands for representatives of the French divisions, as the "

Tellingly, such restrictions do not apply to the players of the French national team, which was hinted at by one of the leaders of the future rival of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2020 and Lyon striker Memphis Depay in his address to the French government via the social network Twitter.

French government can I please join the national team @OnsOranje on Monday. That would be fair since y’all make an exception for the France national team that travels outside of Europe to play games as well!

@EmmanuelMacron @UEFAcom_fr @OL - Memphis Depay (@Memphis) March 19, 2021 \? That would be fair, because you are making an exception for the French national team, which will also have to leave the EU for their matches.! "

Note that the qualification for the 2022 World Cup on the African continent has already suffered from such a decision of the European Union officials, all matches of which have been postponed to a later date..

The match Turkey - Netherlands is scheduled for March 24, beginning at 19:00 Kiev time.