Translate the following English sentence to French:
"It was made painfully clear that a number of players need to be removed from the pitch in order to ensure that the Erika was the last unseaworthy ship to pollute the Breton coast."
On a clairement fait comprendre qu'une série d'acteurs devaient débarrasser le plancher afin de s'assurer que l'Erika soit le dernier cauchemar écologique des côtes bretonnes.