Imagine Rudi Garcia, André Villas-Boas or Thomas Tuchel responding with emojis to the proposals of Laurent Battles, Michel Der Zakarian or René Girard ... It has now been a few weeks since most of the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 coaches , forced to stay at home, discuss the current situation via Whatsapp messaging.
"All very cautious about a recovery"
"Everything started from a donation made to Paris hospitals by UNECATEF (the professional trainers union gave 120,000 euros, note)", exhibits on Europe 1 the coach of Troyes, Ligue 2 club, Laurent Battles. "We are in the process of having a procedure to follow, more or less, all together. We must not have someone say something and other coaches something else."
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This exchange group allows the different coaches to explain their feelings about the situation. "We are all very careful on a recovery, we all put the health of each other before," said Brest coach Olivier Dall'Oglio. "And, for the moment, we have the impression that we don't have enough elements to restart training. If it is to expose the players and the staff to the disease, I don't really see the point."
"Do not jeopardize the 2020-2021 season"
The big question obviously revolves around the resumption or not of the championship. "We ask ourselves a lot of questions", continues Olivier Dall'Oglio. "Let's say there is an evolution. At the start we were all agreed, for a matter of fairness, to finish the championship. The more time passes and the more it will be complicated. We do not want to jeopardize the 2020-2021 season, If it's to rush this one and then start late… "
Once the procedures for deconfinement are known, the coaches "will communicate via a joint press release", specifies Laurent Battles. "There are not many differences, there are coaches with more experience than others, some have lived things abroad, each expressed what he had to express. The purpose is pretty much the same for everyone. "