Back from Genesio to Lyon, Maurice reveals everything!
If this season Bruno Genesio shines at Stade Rennais, his return to Lyon this weekend for OL-SRFC will be the occasion of certain revenge.
OL-SRFC: Tense return for Genesio in Lyon
The shock is launched between Stade Rennais and Olympique Lyonnais. Intractable during the first leg at Roazhon Park, the Rouge et Noir will face a revengeful Gones this Sunday. A high-stakes match for both teams and especially for the Breton coach, Bruno Genesiowho will find the public of the Parc OL after his departure in 2019. A tense reunion when you know the chaotic journey that the French technician lived on Rhone soil for four years.
Highly revised or even taken to task by some” supporters ” from Lyon, Bruno Genesio harbors a certain resentment of theOlympique Lyonnais, at least from his treatment received in the Rhône. ” I know what I experienced after a certain match in Cyprus and nobody did anything. I received that day after a draw death threats on my phone, since my number had been revealed on Twitter, 400, 500 death threats that I still have with the identified numbers “, said the SRFC coach at a press conference last December. This Tuesday, in an interview with RMC Sport, the sports director of Stade Rennais, Florian Mauricereturned to the state of mind of its leader as the clash against OL approaches.
SRFC: Maurice, “if he has pride? Yes, of course!”
The day after a fine 2-0 victory against SCO Angers and a fine 4th place in front of RC Strasbourg, the Rennais Stadium can look forward to a successful season so far, to the credit of its conductor, Bruno Genesio. The Rennes coach has been able to energize a team lacking in automation this season, offering in passing an attractive game both in the league and in the Europa League Conference. “ He deserves what is happening to him. Even the results he had in Lyon were very good. I think it’s a crime of facies everything that happened because the results were there. He was able to meet the objectives set almost every time “, said Florian Maurice, who has also passed through the ranks of Lyon in recent years.
The Rouge et Noir sports director also underlined the symbolism of Sunday’s match for Bruno Genesio, who will certainly retain some revenge for his years in Lyon. ” If he has pride? Yes of course ! We want to get a result in Lyon and by our ranking today, we are entitled to think that we can do it. We will go with a lot of ambition. “