Coronavirus: "It's long, these Sundays without football" ... these addicts in need of a football

This weekend, Ligue 1 should have played its 38th and last day. PSG would have celebrated its ninth champion title with a trip to Nîmes. Lyon, with the reception of Brest, may be punching its ticket for the 23rd year in a row. And at the bottom of the table, a burning Saint-Etienne - Dijon would surely have been decisive for the maintenance. But this Ascension weekend will not see any descent into Ligue 2.

For the past two months, weekends have been desperate for French football fans. Certainly, to give a little animation, the leaders of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 cheerfully scarce. But the spectacle of their selfishness does not replace the salt of real meetings, errors of arbitration and missed opportunities. Any match, even from Toulouse, would have been more exciting than a clash between the president of OM, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, and his Guingampese counterpart, Bertrand Desplat. Or a litany of tweets from Jean-Michel Aulas, the boss of OL.

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Bruno Solo: "It's like when I stopped smoking five years ago"

This lack of football is starting to become more and more significant and should last until August 23, the expected date of the start of next season. While in Germany, we have been in the Bundesliga for a week and the Spanish government has just given the green light to restart the Liga from June 8. Certainly behind closed doors but with matches.

Hexagonal football fans are starting to find the time long. The actor Bruno Solo quips. "It's like when I stopped smoking five years ago. At the beginning, it's super difficult. If it lasts too long, at some point, I will no longer seek my dose of football and I will be completely weaned! This is the danger if we show people that they can do without it. I also think of players who have gained weight. At least André-Pierre Gignac can come back to play in France! "

Time to regain seriousness and the actor develops his thought. “There, we should already think about the Euro and the chances of the Deschamps Blues to achieve the double after the World Cup. I really want to see real football again with people in the stadiums. The German championship without an audience is not my thing. And, above all, if we could stop the indecent spectacle of club presidents. It is as if we the actors, said " my film must be shown first ". It was a period that required solidarity and football did not show much. "

Alain Roche, the former captain of PSG, now a consultant on Canal +, also finds the time long. "At first, it was fine because I thought we would resume in mid-June," he says. But there it will be a cut of almost five months. I miss it so much not to talk about game or technique. Last week, we did our show, the “Canal Football Club” without an audience. It was sad. "

Rolland Courbis watches old games

Rolland Courbis, the RMC consultant, manages to fill his time by watching old meetings like France-Germany in 1982 or the incredible return of his OM against Montpellier (5-4) in 1998. "It improves analyzes . But I remain angry because we should never have stopped the season so quickly. Instead of our dose of football, we have a big dose of ridicule ”.

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François Berléand, the actor supporting PSG, also admits to being in want. "Now it's starting to draw a little. It's long these Sundays without football. I had rituals and I lost them all. But after all, it might have been worse with closed games. On stage, I need audience interaction. A live performance just for cameras makes no sense. Strongly football and its full stadiums »