It was a day of mourning at Olympique Lyonnais, since Bernard Lacombe died this Wednesday, at the age of 72. Iconic Lyon figure, since it will have spent almost ten years there as a center, and even more behind the scenes at the end of his player career, the one who scored 149 goals in the Rhone jersey has been receiving very many tributes since yesterday. Obviously, Jean-Michel Aulas had a few words.
The former president of OL confided in The team After this tragic event. He returned to the relationship he had with Bernard Lacombe: ” I was with him again yesterday afternoon (Monday), when we asked his friends to come because it was the end. It is an infinite penalty and at the same time relief, soothing too. Bernard was very believing and he suffered a lot, so it was a mixture of feelings, and also a day of deliverance for him, for Mireille (his wife), for his two sons, for his sisters, who were exceptional in the test. But it's cruel, as if I had lost my brother or my parents. He was a brother. 36 and a half years of football together, it's an eternity, more than a couple! Huge joys, especially. With him, Lyon has become the largest club in France. It was Claude Bez (President of the Girondins of Bordeaux from 1978 to 1991) who had said to me: “If you want to succeed, you have to take two Lyonnais with different but complementary personalities”. It was Raymond Domenech and especially Bernard Lacombe. He arrived immediately, in 1988, and we never left each other. He was a boy with incredible qualities, we trained a duo at all times. He was one of the greatest players that France had known, but also a good man, who wanted to do good. »
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