“In Corsica, football will be important to overcome trauma”

This is one of the first regions in France to be affected by the epidemic. Faced with the coronavirus, Corsica and its football are preparing to reorganize. About France 3 Corsica, three leaders of the Island spoke on the current situation. They are Antoine Emmanuelli (leader of Bastia-Borgo), Christian Leca (president of AC Ajaccio) and Christophe Ettori (sports director of Gazélec Ajaccio). Faced with the health crisis, the latter three first admit having opted for partial unemployment, before confirming that if their clubs are not in danger for the moment, they could well be in a few weeks … “In the short term no, in the medium term yes, affirms Antoine Emmanuelli. Economic life has stopped… for us too. And then it is really difficult to plan. Public health is at the heart of our daily concerns. With a special thought for our licensees, our supporters, our supporters “.

“Give back pleasure …”

Its two counterparts regret in any case the many debates around a potential recovery and the end of the 2019/2020 financial year. “In view of the serious things that we are experiencing, football is incidental”, Christophe Ettori slice. “I am amazed to read some strong positions … In reality I think we have no way of knowing when all this will end. The boss is the virus, he will decide. And the boss is the virus. public health is essential “, follows in his footsteps Christian Leca. And if the three leaders logically wonder about the post-pandemic, they agree on the importance of football because “beyond the economic dimension it will be necessary to recover our social role, to give again pleasure …”, estimates Christian Leca. “In the post-pandemic, in Corsica in particular, football will be important to overcome trauma, instill new sharing or adversity, instigate disappointment or joy,” concludes Antoine Emmanuelli.

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