In a press conference before the match against Reims, this Sunday (1 p.m.) in the framework of the 12th day of L1, Rudi Garcia, the OL coach expressed his astonishment at the leaks in the media concerning the sanction imposed on Houssem Aouar by the management of the club (the young international was for refusing to perform physical work requested by the staff just after the 1-0 victory at Angers, as revealed by
L'Equipe
): "The institution decided to remove Houssem for Sunday's game.
I respect this choice.
My opinion is also that this kind of case must be resolved internally, ”said G the technician.
"There are other things to say when you take thirteen out of fifteen points"
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“Moreover, the problem with this controversy with Lopes is that of the arbitration to which he will henceforth be the subject.
From a young age, goalies learn to hang out with a bent knee as they are exposed when in the air.
I reviewed the images.
There is no debate, there is a player who does not jump and a goalkeeper who looks at the ball and who will look for it in logical conditions ”, justified Rudi Garcia.
The Portuguese goalkeeper, in the 2nd minute of the match in Angers last Sunday, left the knee forward and violently hit Romain Thomas in the back, giving rise to a controversy over this exit considered dangerous by some observers.
Some pictures of the day's training. # OLSDR D-2 pic.twitter.com/1uU6FRAXAN
- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) November 27, 2020
And Garcia to regret: “There are other things to say when we take thirteen points out of fifteen (Lyon is 3rd at 4 pts from PSG).
Or it is necessary to be fair and to approach all the problems because I did not see much controversy on the sole received by Ryan Cherki by Romain Thomas in the penalty area and which was worth the exclusion for the Angevin defender and penalty for the 'OL.'
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