If he only stayed on the bench for Olympique Lyonnais for a year, Alain Perrin will remain the coach of the double championship-Coupe de France in 2008. The French technician has also seen some of the centre’s most impressive talents emerge. of Rhone training, including Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa. Two gifted whose careers have taken opposite directions.
Alain Perrin returns to the Benzema-Ben Arfa relationship
In words granted to RMC Sport, Alain Perrin opened the memory box by taking a closer look at the personality of Ben Arfa. ” He got along perfectly with Karim Benzema. Especially on the ground, outside it was something else, said the technician who passed through Lyon, but also OM or Saint-Etienne. It was instinct football. He’s an extraordinary talent, we saw what he could do with the ball. I think there is a glass ceiling for him, these are the very high level clubs where he is forced to join a collective. In view of his natural talent, I predicted something else. In Nice, in a favorable context, where he was the central element, he shone. But in Paris, he was a gifted boy among a host of stars. That’s all the difference. When the level of competition rises, you can no longer be satisfied with technical or physical qualities. You have to have the right mind and the ability to adapt to a locker room, “said Perrin.
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