REPORTAGE
More than a week after the Lubrizol plant fire in Rouen, everyone in the city is worried. Should we train or not? At the Rouen Football Club, the historic club of the city which evolves in National 2, the training continues. Not without evil.
"I vomited during the session"
On the field, the Rouen players are doing the job but the heart is not there. A hydrocarbon smell still floats in the air. Last Monday, the training session had to be shortened: five players had been nauseated, including captain Nicolas Bourrel. "I vomited during the session, others of my teammates vomited at the end of the session, it stings the throat, the tongue, the eyes ... It's scary because it's not natural, it happens to us never, "he confides to the microphone of Europe 1.
Normally, players train north of the city, close to the factory. But the smell was unbearable. The club has found a fallback solution, left bank, Diochon stadium. Although depending on the wind, smells of rotten eggs or burnt plastic come back from time to time.
"90% of the workforce has long headaches"
"We train anyway because we have to have results, we are semi-pros therefore our livelihood is football, but we would like to know if we endanger the health of our athletes. In the evening, when we return, 90% of the workforce has long headaches, "says coach David Guigel.
As a precaution, the training of young people was canceled. The adults are focused on the next game. And they may be even more eager to be there than usual. "Fortunately, we go outside, we'll go a little breath of air Britain," said David Guigel.