A distinguished visitor.
Former coach of the French volleyball team Laurent Tillie "spent a few days with us", explained his rugby counterpart Fabien Galthié after the victory of the XV of France against Japan (42- 23).
“He is an acquaintance, we worked together, we did coaching seminars together.
There was Laurent, Guillaume Gille (Editor's note: coach of the French handball team)... We followed each other on a daily basis and he came to see us in Tokyo two or three days ago.
We did what we call a sharing of experience and today he is with us, ”assured the boss of the Blues.
The former receiver-attacker thus spent several days with the rugby players, he was seen on the edge of the lawn before the kick-off of the Toyota meeting.
“I am thrilled, assured Tillie on his side.
I read in
L'Equipe
that they were out of quarantine.
I too was trying to get a place to see the match and Fabien said to me:
No, no, come on Wednesday, come to Tokyo!
»
He had a "very nice evening"
“He made me talk about my experience as a player and coach, a very nice evening.
Afterwards, I spent the whole day with them, from the briefing to the match, it was extraordinary, ”he further detailed.
"We are used to the same style of breakdown of the day, it's pretty much the same but it's interesting to see a briefing with 40 players and 30 staff members... 70 people, it's quite different .
We are more commando-minded.
It is also interesting to see the speaking time he gives to all his assistants, he delegates more because we cannot control everything with this number, ”added the volleyball player, based in Osaka, a little more 500 kilometers from Tokyo.
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Tillie, 58, is now a coach in Japan, at the Panasonic Panthers after leading the Blues between 2012 and 2021. Under his leadership, the French volleyball team won the 2020 Olympics and the European Championship. (2015) as well as the World League (2015, 2017).
Fabien Galthié's Les Bleus are currently on tour in Japan and won the first of their two matches against the Brave Blossoms.
