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OL-Bayern: Tolisso, the heart in Lyon, the head in Munich

2020-08-18T15:37:50.761Z


Trained in Lyon, the Munich world champion will return to his club this Wednesday (9 p.m.), in the semi-finals of C1. Strong emotions guaranteed.


Special envoy to Lisbon

Back to square one. A pure product of the Olympique Lyonnais training center, Corentin Tolisso finds the club of his beginnings, his favorite club this Wednesday (9 p.m.), in the semi-finals of the Champions League. A match unlike any other, obviously… “It's a team that made me grow. I was there since I was little, he remembers, by videoconference. It will certainly be a magnificent moment, with a lot of emotion for me. It will be special. Afterwards, it will be necessary to disregard all that. Whether I'm starting out or playing 10, 15, 20 minutes, I will have to be focused. The most important thing is to win and go to the final. OL or another team, the determination remains the same. "

"Whatever happens, I support OL, but not in the next match ..."

Corentin Tolisso

Determination, perhaps. For the rest, everything will be different for the 26-year-old player, who defines himself as “a loyal Lyon supporter. It's my favorite club, I played there for many years. I wanted them to qualify and to be able to meet them in the semi-finals ... I watched the game (against City in the quarterfinals) with Kingsley Coman, in my room. We were happy. Kingsley also has friends on this team, including Moussa Dembélé. I experienced the game like everyone else I see, supporting them. Whatever happens, I support OL! I just can't stand them in the next game (smile). Everyone else, but not this one, that's obvious (smile). ” It would have been unwelcome, indeed.

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Especially since Bayern Munich has dreams of a hat-trick in their heads. And it was not the cardboard against Barcelona (8-2) which lowered the odds of the German champions in Lisbon. The favorites are them. And this status does not bother them in the least ... "There is a lot of confidence, it's true, but above all determination," says Tolisso. It makes us even more eager to show that people are right. ” In summary, no excess of confidence in sight after this card, facing a Lyon team inferior at all levels on paper. “I know we are capable of playing at this level, over several matches in a row. But we haven't played like that for two or three weeks, it's been a while, ”insists the ex-Lyonnais, acknowledging all the same that his team had“ maximum success ”against FC Barcelona.  

“It comes from our work, what we do every day and what we repeat in training,” he continues. We also have world-class players who are in great shape. We have a very complete team, a very high quality workforce. We are all going in the same direction, we all have the same mentality, we all think of one thing: to go to the end and win this Champions League. " The Lyonnais have been warned ...

In 2010, Tolisso, Muller and Alaba were already in Gerland 

Remember that Lyon and Bayern have already faced each other at this stage of the competition. It was in 2010. Winners 1-0 in the first leg, in Germany, Louis van Gaal's players had destroyed those of Claude Puel in Gerland, on the return: 3-0 victory. Without appeal. And Corentin Tolisso remembers it well. “At the time, I was at the OL training center. During this match, I was a ball picker. Ivica Olic's hat-trick, it seems to me. " It looks good to him. It was the former Croatian international who had disgusted OL on his own, sending Grégory Coupet to get the ball in his net in the 26, 67, 78th minutes. “It made my heart ache, Tolisso plague. It had marked me. Today, it's been 10 years. I am with Bayern. I hope the outcome will be the same (smile). ” Even if it means breaking the hearts of young Lyon fans in turn. That's the game... 

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Note that other players in this 2020 OL-Bayern version were already there in 2010. On the ground, them. Thomas Müller had indeed played all of the two meetings, the first leg and the return leg. "I have already spoken a little with him," slips Tolisso. Remained on the bench on the first leg, David Alaba entered in the 78th minute on the return. Back to the future for the two Munich monuments. Speaking of the future, Tolisso's is in Munich “and nowhere else. It is one of the best clubs in the world, if not the best. I've had injuries for the past two years, but I feel great. I know the coach trusts me. ” In the meantime, it's time for this semi-final against "his" OL. A moment apart. 

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