Ligue 1: OL players are the first to resume training - 20 Minutes

  • 34 OL players, including four goalkeepers, have returned to the Décines training center since Monday.
  • 20 Minutes attended Wednesday afternoon in one of these sessions, while distancing, from the only Ligue 1 club having taken over collectively.

At Parc OL,

A back door leading to a path attacked by brambles. The surroundings of the “formidable tool” (Parc OL and Groupama OL Training Center) dear to Jean-Michel Aulas have changed a lot for the first training session open to the press, Wednesday afternoon, since the Covid-19 pandemic. For the past three days, 34 players from Lyon have been the first in France (before LOSC this Thursday) to find the pitch and the ball during small pass repetition exercises led by Claude Fichaux and Claudio Caçapa, two of Rudi Garcia's assistants.

Masked like all the members of the staff, including outside, they must for the moment juggle the impossibility of organizing oppositions and bringing together more than ten players by training groups. “It's not yet real football, recognizes Rudi Garcia. But even with this physical distance and these masks, we are delighted to find ourselves. We found the time very long during this three-month hiatus. "

🎙 During its press briefing, @RudiGarcia gave an update on the resumption of training and the program for the coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/VdE6utMq9g

- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) June 11, 2020

“100 million euros shortfall” for OL

This “bizarre and complicated” period, as summed up by the new recruiting manager Bruno Cheyrou, was also felt during the press conference preceding the training on Wednesday.

Hydroalcoholic gel awaited journalists upon their arrival in front of the stadium auditorium, before almost two hours of press conference without surprise marked by the tenacious disappointment of Jean-Michel Aulas to see the 2019-2020 Ligue 1 season not resume . And OL to record "100 million euros in shortfall" according to him.

Tino Kadewere offered an elbow check with his president on Wednesday in the auditorium of the Parc OL. - JEFF PACHOUD / AFP

"Our life was not that bad before"

Elbow checks have multiplied in the auditorium, especially between Jean-Michel Aulas and striker Tino Kadewere, recruited at Le Havre last winter. We also felt JMA, Bruno Cheyrou and Juninho very hesitant when approaching to pose, without mask, around the Zimbabwean international for his official photo of arrival at OL.

"We did not succeed in creating the ideal state of mind" at OL, admits Juninho https://t.co/qDPKy29YNu

- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) June 11, 2020

Because the coronavirus pandemic is still well in everyone's mind, especially for a Rudi Garcia "tackle" and eager to finally know the date of the final of the League Cup against PSG. "Thanks to this cursed virus, we must realize that our life was not that bad before," said the former OM coach. Even his many critics supporters of OL will approve.

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