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David Guion, coach of Reims: “Like a new school year” – Foot – L1 – Reims

Black mask marked with the new logo of the Stade de Reims, then alone at the desk of the amphitheater without face protection, David Guion, accompanied in particular in the room by Mathieu Lacour, the general manager, sealed the official resumption of the club from Rémois who publicized his first technical training this Monday morning.

A dozen media were present to listen to the enthusiastic coach of the Stade de Reims happy to find his group almost complete while waiting for the fate of defender Axel Disasi and striker Boulaye Dia, who both have a good Release.

“Three and a half months without training, competition, or physical contact, it’s really endless”

“We were impatient, recognized the coach of the Marne team. Three and a half months without training, competition, or physical contact, it’s really endless. I missed the pitch, the staff and my players. It’s like back to school. As a child, I was very happy to find school. ” The technician supervised three workshops with a technical vocation (the first, juggling, the second, with ball handling and the third with jumped circuit of leaps and ball). And confided after the session having to brake his troops before the urge for a first opposition.

Laurent Bessière, former head of the performance unit, and his assistant, were not on the impeccable lawn of the playground at the Raymond-Kopa center. Reims and Lens found financial common ground last week to let him go to work before the end of his notice at RC Lens. It is an ex-Lille, Barthelemy Delecroix, ex-assistant of Grégory Dupont, current physical trainer of Real Madrid, when the two men officiated at LOSC, who will replace him in Champagne. “I was the first to sell a trainer and I am the first president to sell a physical trainer”, joked, in private, Jean-Pierre Caillot, the President of Reims.

Only one Covid-19 positive case

His coach had no doubts about the form of his group, enriched in particular by the presence of two Imps, Wouteur Faes, international central defender Espoirs Belgian and look-alike of David Luiz returned from a six-month loan in Ostende (BEL), and Thibault Desmet, left side, also international Espoirs du Plat pays from Sint-Truiden, who will be number two at the post.

“The players were very serious, Guion commented. We followed them by videophone with permanent exchanges to keep them in shape. Then they went to rest for a family vacation. Last week we were doing medical tests. Only one person tested positive for Covid-19. She has been placed in quarantine and will undergo a second test this Monday. But nothing (other) signal (on the athletic form of the workforce) never alerted us. Here we go a bit into the unknown, in progressive mode, in two four-week phases (with eight friendlies and probably two stages), listening to players. “

An experienced relaying medium

Monday, the Champenois will go on an internship at Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais). They did not integrate the fact of playing or not the Europa League, according to the result of the two finals of National Cups at the end of July. “We must not disrespect neither Saint-Etienne nor Lyon (both finalists against PSG). » The leaders of Reims believe that the workforce is dense enough to compete in a possible European Cup in addition knowing that the Coupe de la Ligue was suppressed in 2020-2021. They now say they focus their efforts on finding an experience relaying environment likely to strengthen this gaming sector and share their experiences.

This Monday afternoon, a second training session was organized after fifteen minutes of debriefing with a questionnaire supposed to allow the players to forget their fear of the sanitary context.

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