Why is Rudi Garcia on the nerves about the youngsters of OL?

• Surprise semi-finalist of the Champions League and convincing winner against Dijon (4-1) on Friday for the resumption of L1, Rudi Garcia should currently be serene as never since his arrival in Lyon.
• The former OM coach has nevertheless wanted to respond in recent days to the criticisms that are regularly addressed to him by supporters on his management of young players.
• Showing manifest bad faith on certain examples, he could (still) alienate part of the Lyon public.

At Parc OL,

Calm does not seem to interest Rudi Garcia. At the end of an unexpected course in Final 8, and in view of the health context linked to Covid-19 for the resumption of football, the OL coach was sure to afford a break in his stormy relationship with a a large part of the Lyon supporters. Yes, except that this one was very carried away, Thursday evening after a question asked… on the channel of his club OLTV. The presenter simply asked him if the door would be "a little more open" to young people from the training center facing the prospect of a season without the European Cup.

But Rudi Garcia is hardly inclined to dialogue on this theme: “So there, that will allow me to get angry. I have the impression that here, when you play two players, you should play four. When you play four players, you should play eight, so you have to stop inflating me with that. Young people, I adore them, they are there, they are good and I help them progress so that they become the future of OL ”.

🎙 @RudiGarcia after #OLDFCO "We still have to work on the quality of the crosses and the movements in front of the goal" pic.twitter.com/qo9RnAn4my

Kalulu and Gouiri didn't have their chance

This will already not be the case for the versatile defender Pierre Kalulu (20), a free party at AC Milan this summer because he never had his chance with the pro group, even seeing Rudi Garcia prefer Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa to him. Nor especially for the great hope Amine Gouiri, who was not entitled to any tenure in Ligue 1 in his training club. Since the last winter transfer window, the international Espoirs knows itself even more blocked with the recruitments of Karl Toko Ekambi and Tino Kadewere in front. Barely launched into the top flight on Sunday by Patrick Vieira, the 20-year-old striker scored two superb goals against Lens (2-1).

🔥 Ladies & Gentlemen: Amine Gouiri wishes you a good start to the week ⚽️🔴⚫️ pic.twitter.com/9JX9ZCzozc

What to put under tension the many addicts to the “formidable academy”, especially in view of the modest amount of transfer to 7 million euros. Unsurprisingly, Rudi Garcia did not mention Amine Gouiri in his demonstration of his talents as a “trainer” on OLTV. "Rayan Cherki, Maxence Caqueret and Melvin Bard, it was I who made them play here and no one before me", he insisted, very reassured. This is especially true for Rayan Cherki, launched into the deep end at less than 17 years old.

Denayer preferred to Caqueret in the middle for shock in Russia

For Maxence Caqueret (20), it's hard to forget that even Jason Denayer was preferred to him for an unusual position in the middle during a decisive Champions League match in Saint Petersburg (2-0). Without the early departure of Lucas Tousart from Hertha Berlin, there is little doubt that the brilliant torchbearer would not have had the chance to reveal himself to all of Europe during the Final 8. As for the promising left side Melvin Bard (19), courted by Bayern Munich, he only experienced his second appearance with the pros on Friday, after seeing Maxwel Cornet, yet a striker, pass him in front of him following the injuries of Youssouf Koné and Fernando Marçal.

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Rudi Garcia takes a step forward in story telling when he looks back on his past experiences, at OM, Losc and especially AS Roma. “Until proven otherwise, I no longer have to prove that Hazard, Gueye, Digne and Origi, it was I who made them play in Lille. That Florenzi, Pellegrini, who became international, it was I who made them play in Rome, like Kamara and Lopez in Marseille. "

"I just recalled the facts"

Until proven otherwise, Eden Hazard had already been (a little) launched by Claude Puel, Idrissa Gueye waited until he was 21 years old to play with Rudi Garcia, and especially Alessandro Fiorenzi was already… Italian international, with 37 matches of Serie A for Roma on the clock when Garcia arrived in Italy. As for Lorenzo Pellegrini, he played only 23 minutes in Serie A in Rome under his orders, before revealing himself to Sassuolo. So many inaccuracies that have made Lyon tweeters happy for two days.

When Rudi Garcia launched Lionel Messi in his victory with Barça in the 1992 Champions League 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/DgO2biNVX7

After OL-Dijon, Rudi Garcia has again changed his tone at the mention by a journalist of the coming into play of Melvin Bard. “Melvin came home well, he could have done better, like everyone else. I have already spoken about young people, whoever is going to ask me the question now will do it twice? I just recalled the facts. »Facts very slightly truncated to his advantage therefore.

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