Tolisso says off-pitch controversies united Lyon squad

Corentin Tolisso said Lyon’s relegation scare was unsettling, but ultimately brought the squad closer together

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00:00It was a bit complicated when I was in vacation with the decision of this relegation, so in the

00:12flou, I was a bit afraid, I won't let you know. After, I wasn't able to do anything, I couldn't do anything,

00:25but I didn't know what to do. After that, we explained the situation.

00:31Luckily, they managed to solve all the problems, but it was a very agitant and very

00:41perturbant. But, luckily, everything goes well today, it's a good thing.

00:47I think that maybe it was a problem. After that, we couldn't do anything with the players,

00:57but I think there was a lot of concern from the players because we didn't necessarily control our

01:05destiny. After that, things were resolved. I don't think there was a big

01:17relief. I think that some of us and many people could really see us in Ligue 2. Of course,

01:28it happened in our heads to finish in Ligue 2. But in any case, it's true that today,

01:34we all have lived the same thing, so I think that it was a problem. To live it all together,

01:40it's not possible to reinforce the state of the group.

01:45It was a problem with the people who were doing what we wanted to do in this particular

01:46work. It was really interesting. We had that.

01:47We were not allowed. It was briefly about...

01:48I think that the people who were afraid of the people who were doing it in Ligue 2 were

01:57kept doing it to them. I mean, again, I don't think that the people who were

02:01telling them that they were going to do with the group. I would assume that the staff

02:03should be able to do it. I think it's been a problem. It's been a problem that it was