LIVE – OL: Lopes describes a shocked but united Lyon locker room after the incidents in Marseille

After the end of Anthony Lopes’ intervention, Fabio Grosso will succeed him. Injured in the face before the match against OM, the Italian coach had a special week.

Since Tuesday, he has only been “an observer”, his assistants have taken over during training. It was only this Friday, two days before the match, that he led the collective session as he usually does. That is to say by being very present…

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“I hope it will be a trigger. There is a eagerness to play a football match and above all a eagerness to win. We are hungry to play after two weeks and above all thirsty to win. I hope things will change , we strongly need these three points. We are in a more than complicated situation and as the days go by, we have the obligation to go for the points.”

“It was important for them to see us, important to show our solidarity. We are all in the same boat. On Sunday there will be 40,000 people at 1 p.m. We are all concerned.”

“These are totally unacceptable things. Whether in a sporting arena or in everyday life. These are things that we should not see. You have seen the denials from our largest groups of supporters who condemned the events. We, the club, are doing the same. We cannot imagine such things in daily life. It’s not just in sport but it’s also in everyday life.”

“We talked a lot to see how he was doing both physically and mentally. We also saw him determined in Sunday’s match (against Metz).”

“From what little I know about the coach, he seems determined and wants to manage Sunday’s match. There is also a psychological time to let pass. As the days have gone by, we “has seen us increasingly focused on the task of creating a competitive group for Sunday.”

“With what has just happened, it has strengthened the bonds. I saw players and people marked but very united behind the coach. Despite the trauma, I have a group behind the coach and behind the club . We want to get back on track. We will try to translate it into sporting performance on Sunday.”

“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 and a few individuals made that happen. stopped for intolerable stupidities.”

“We digested it quite well. We needed to refocus on work after what happened on Sunday evening. The best remedy is to kick the ball and quickly return to the birch. 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 it has gone, it is very serious. The cap has been more than achieved.”

The press conference of Anthony Lopes and Fabio Grosso will begin in a few moments.

The OL goalkeeper will be the first to speak and will be followed by his coach.

After expressing her support for Fabio Grosso, Sonia Bompastor regretted seeing French society increasingly violent.

“There is violence but afterward, is it only in sport? I’m not convinced. There is also a lot of violence in society,” said the coach of the OL women this Friday in front of the press. “These are things that I personally don’t like and we must find solutions together to live in a more peaceful climate.”

Also present at a press conference this Friday before the Women’s D1 clash between Lyon and Paris FC, Sonia Bompastor gave her thoughts on the events at the Olympico.

“What happened is obviously dramatic,” said the coach of the OL women’s section. “It pains me a lot. In terms of emotion I tell myself that it is unacceptable. I have not had the opportunity to meet Fabio Grosso but he has my full support. These are things that should not happen today ‘today.’

And the technician added: “I just hope that everyone, and I mean everyone, takes responsibility. We know that Fabio almost lost an eye. As a coach and member of a staff, you go to a match to have fun and give a show to people, then you find yourself in a situation where your life could turn upside down. This must stop immediately and everyone must take responsibility. We must find the solutions needed to stop this.”

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Fabio Grosso and goalkeeper Anthony Lopes will appear before journalists this Friday.

Two days before the Metz reception, the coach will speak publicly for the first time since his attack in Marseille. The goalkeeper will accompany him to the press while OL is going through a serious crisis and occupies last place in the Ligue 1 standings.

A media event to follow in this live commentary from 1:30 p.m.

Seriously injured in the face during the trip from Lyon to Marseille, Fabio Grosso needed twelve stitches in his left eye.

If the coach reacted in a message on social networks, he has not yet spoken since the incidents. This will change before the match against Metz where he will take his place as expected.

The match between OM and OL will be played on December 6. The decision was taken this Thursday morning by the LFP competitions commission.

However, the arrangements for organizing the meeting, postponed after serious incidents, are under advisement and will be defined later.

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Last in Ligue 1 after nine matches played this season, Olympique Lyonnais host Metz this Sunday (1 p.m.) during the 11th day of the championship.

Still looking for a first success, the Gones challenge Garnets in difficulty and only sixteenth in the ranking. A real duel for survival which promises to be intense after the incidents of the OM-OL clash.