OM faced OL on Sunday night at Stade Vélodrome. A match always special for the supporters of both teams, but also for the leaders, including Jean-Michel Aulas the Lyon president. At the head of OL since 1987, Aulas is a prominent figure in French football but where does he stand in comparison to Bernard Tapie, the former charismatic president of OM?
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Present on the Europe 1 Sport platform, Marc Libbra was OM player at the time, where Jean-Michel Aulas was president of Lyon. However, Marc Libbra is very appreciative of the Lyon president. According to our consultant, "Aulas has built something, he built his club taking into account everything that can be done at the training level.He is the first to have his stadium, he thought of everything from the beginning at the end "before adding" I have a lot of respect for Jean-Michel Aulas and he has been able to do great things. "
If he shows admiration for Jean-Michel Aulas, Marc Libbra does not miss the opportunity to discuss the case of Bernard Tapie, his former president at OM: "I love Bernard Tapie, I have a special friendship with him but when he arrived, he said 'I'm going to win everything', the two cases are completely different. "
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With very distinct personalities, Aulas and Tapie were "ubiquitous media" Amre Godillon replies. Javier Prieto Santos even evokes the temperament of "rockstar" Bernard Tapie face the "grandpa sage" awarded by Ambre Godillon to qualify "JMA". The journalist So Foot, nostalgic of OM under Tapie evokes a "brilliant OM in his time.The Vélodrome ignited and Deschamps raised the cup with big ears."
Sportingly, our consultants place Aulas in front of Bernard Tapie. Javier Prieto Santos recalls that "Aulas had a long-term vision while Tapie was rather in show-bizz, he was the first with Louis Nicollin (former president of Montpellier who died in June 2017) to launch a professional women's section. he put a lot of money into his training center. "
Aulas, French football character in spite of himself?
If he likes to talk about him, Jean-Michel Aulas knows is present on Twitter. Able also to be virulent face camera, the Lyon president plays a little role of facilitator. According to Javier Prieto Santos, "Jean-Michel Aulas has become a French football character because the other presidents are very flat, very muffled" before adding that Aulas "is alone in the ring."