A major player from Olympique Lyonnais spoke publicly this Friday.
Olympique Lyonnais is going through a very dark period in its history. Red lantern of Ligue 1, the Rhone club saw its news marked by the terrible incidents which caused the injuries to the face of its coach Fabio Grosso, in Marseille, last Sunday, before the kick-off of a match which finally been postponed.
As locker room captain, Anthony Lopes did not hesitate to break the silence this Friday. The OL goalkeeper gave a very mobilizing speech. “ We digested it quite well. We needed to refocus on work after what happened Sunday evening, launched the Portuguese. The best remedy is to kick the ball and get back to work quickly. These memories will remain marked for life. We experienced something incredible. I have already experienced things, it was very difficult to experience collectively and personally. How far this has gone is very serious. The milestone has been more than crossed“.
“It strengthened the bonds”
“ It’s a mixture of anger, sadness and disappointment. We came to play an Olympico, a match where there is generally very good football. There were people in their stadium, 65,000 supporters and a few individuals caused it to stop for intolerable stupidities. continued Lopes, before having a more optimistic reading for the future.
