Lyon coach Rudi Garcia has hailed former Roma fitness coach Paolo Rongoni after they reached the Champions League semifinals.

OL were superb in victory over Manchester City on Saturday and Garcia has since highlighted the work of Rongoni.

Garcia remarked, “I was not worried about running out of steam, because we have an Italian fitness coach and I knew we'd hold out brilliantly."

Rongoni also explained, "My main concern was getting the players ready for the games with some minutes in their legs, because doing weights or sprints in training is not the same thing.

“Football is all about sprinting, braking, accelerating and slowing suddenly. I thought we'd have problems in the final 15-20 minutes, but for now that hasn't happened yet. We're keeping our fingers crossed.

“The players worked really well during the lockdown, resuming with a hunger, tenacity and professionalism that this group didn't have before."