VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Josuha Guilavogui is recovering from a knee injury and will not return to midfield on Saturday, May 16, on Augsburg lawn, the Bundesliga being the first major championship to resume despite the epidemic of coronavirus. But the player, questioned by Europe 1, sees with a good eye this resumption of football across the Rhine.

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All eyes are now on the Bundesliga. While France officially stopped its championship on April 30, Germany has given itself more time to decide. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the resumption of "Buli" the weekend of May 16. "Honestly, I think, I'm even sure, that most of the Bundesliga players are happy to continue," said Josuha Guilavogui, midfielder for the Wolfsburg club, on Europe 1. We have taken measures that are not trivial. For example, I go green for a week to be checked every other day. We have been tested now for a fortnight to make sure everyone is negative at the start of the championship. "

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The resumption of the Bundesliga is not unanimous within German society

This takeover raises many questions, including in Germany where it is not unanimous. "The decision taken (to resume, note ) does not change our position, we believe that it is a wrong decision ", said, for example, the Bremen regional interior minister, Ulrich Mäurer, to the daily Bild . "It's a deadly virus, there have been a lot of deaths, there is no such thing as zero risk, but we can't take more measures: play behind closed doors, be tested every two days, take a plane 80 places when we will be 30, to respect the barrier distances ", lists Josuha Guilavogui.

And he adds: "It is our profession, even if we only play football and there are people who are fighting for the survival of their business. But the German football authorities have taken all the security measures , so why deny it? " The French international (7 selections) has no special fear about this recovery, even if he recalls that "zero risk does not exist", adding: "The club has taken all measures. My wife and my children for example will also be tested twice when I am in quarantine to be sure that after my match (against Augsburg, note ), my home is healthy. "

"Playing behind closed doors, the most difficult phase"

Regarding the matches themselves, no question of doing anything either: "We had some directives from our club. Well, compared to the wall in the event of a free kick, there we did no choice, the wall is made up of men precisely so that it does not pass through, so we will be glued. But for celebrations for example, our sports director insisted that we do not regroup. you have to stay professional, and tell yourself that the players we are playing against or our teammates have been tested several times this week and that there is normally no risk. "

Guilavogui, injured and therefore forfeited for the resumption match against Augsburg ultimately regrets only one thing: the holding of matches behind closed doors. "I admit that it will be the most difficult phase for us. It will be a first for me. I don't even remember having played behind closed doors. With Saint-Etienne I played in the Geoffroy stadium -Guichard under renovation, a platform was closed, it was already very strange ", recalls the ex-player of the Greens. "So we are going to end the season like this and I hope to attack, in August or September with our supporters."