"it’s true that he suffered" : Christian Gourcuff talks about his son Yoann

An interview without the slightest wooden tongue that Christian Gourcuff has agreed to deliver. As a matter of fact, on the occasion of the release of his book “My search for the ideal game”Former coach of FC Lorient to Éditions Amphora Parisian. He reverted significantly to his current pessimistic vision of football. “I can’t keep up with football, which is a reflection of society”agreed in the preface. “My last years were also painful because there were a lot of things that pissed me off (…) I was so out of it all. I’m glad it stopped”, he continued. He assures that he no longer watches matches, as football no longer gives him pleasure. “There is a globalized capitalism taking power (…) In football as in society, opportunism has become a delusion. In the past, clubs were associations with leaders of local notables. Let’s face it, this sometimes led to extremism. But today we are the ones who control the clubs and have only financial interests. “There are multinational corporations that are skeptical. The values ​​of sport are distorted. And a lot of people don’t even see it.”he regretted it.

It’s especially sad “The aggression of sports betting advertising”. “We glorify the only result. It conditions the public. People want results because they put money in. But in sports, what matters is how to achieve the result. It’s not just the result. And sometimes cheating is glorified because IT”, continued the Breton coach. When asked about the weaknesses his son Yoann Gourcuff faced, the former Rennes coach agreed to bring the subject up. “It’s true that he suffered. I don’t want to talk too much about him. But he’s a passionate person whose physical problems are destroying him mentally. So we turned everything upside down saying he had a mental problem. How crazy.” thing. If he was unhappy, it was from his wounds. It’s not the other way around.”finished Christian Gourcuff.

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