Euro de hand: Guillaume Gille, the coach of the Blues positive for Covid-19

He had planned a videoconference this Friday noon from the lobby of the hotel where the Blues are staying in Budapest with the billboards behind him.

As per usual.

And then, Guillaume Gille, the coach of the Franc team, suddenly appeared from his room.

The news quickly fell: the guide to Olympic champions is in turn positive for Covid-19.

“I was debriefing this Friday morning with my staff, Thursday's match against the Netherlands (34-24) when the doc came to tell me that I was positive.

I remain healthy, I have no symptoms, everything is fine.

There is just the frustration of leaving the group and the staff in the middle of the ford.

While remaining in support, accompanying.

confides Guillaume Gille.

He was immediately placed in solitary confinement and will not be able to leave his room for 5 days to respect the protocol.

To resume his activities, the breeder must present two negative PCR tests.

He will therefore not be on the bench of the Blues this Saturday against Iceland (6 p.m.) or against Montenegro on Monday (8:30 p.m.).

At best, he can return for the game against Denmark.

He will be replaced at the controls of the Blues during these two games by his assistant Érick Mathé who is also the coach of Chambéry.

“Érick is experienced in managing professional teams.

It is of high quality.

It is together that we will respond to this new challenge.

I have every confidence » consoles Guillaume Gille who will therefore follow the matches in front of his television screen.

Very disturbed in their preparation, the Blues have since deplored that they are in Hungary with another positive case: that of left-back Karl Konan who could return to the group on Monday if he is negative again.

But not before: “He starts going around in circles in his room” confides his coach.

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Guillaume Gille adds to the many positive cases that weigh down the Euro in a country, Hungary, which does not take the same measures as in France against the virus.

The halls are full and the hotels open.

Thursday evening, in all the teams, we deplored 105 positive cases for Covid-19.

A real slaughter which provoked the rant of the goalkeeper of the Blues Vincent Gérard against the organization: “What is the value of this competition?

asks the Olympic champion.

" I do not understand.

There is a real problem and it is a bit of a shame for handball what is happening.

We are more focused on the lottery fearing that we will test positive and have to leave.

Is there a competition where the team that will win will be the one with the fewest cases?

When you catch it because you were careless, that's one thing, but if you catch it because it's everywhere in the competition, it's frustrating.

We would like to talk about sport, but here, I have the impression that we are only talking about Covid-19.

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