On Monday, the family, friends and supporters of OL paid a final tribute to Bryan Bergougnoux, who passed away on May 29. With a packed assembly, the charming personality of the player was praised by all. The poignant and proud speech of his daughter Mayane or that of his cousin Leeroy moved many. However, it was perhaps Stéphane Benas, the manager of OL Musée, who best described the moment. "To make everyone agree, which is more in this world than in football, you don't see it every day." Nevertheless, seeing the 400 chairs deployed in the Ficelle hall on the Croix-Rousse hill, we understood that Bryan Bergougnoux was part of this category of people. On Monday, June 8, it was therefore at his home, in Lyon, on this hill where he was born, that the 43-year-old man received the last honors he deserved. Struck down in mid-air by two malaises while going to do what he loved most, namely football, Bergougnoux left behind a woman, four children and a whole family in mourning. Whether it was his blood family or the one he had built through his dribbles on the pitches of Tola Vologe in Thonon, passing through Toulouse, Lecce or Tours, "we always say we have to see each other and finally, it always happens in this kind of situation," regretted one of his former teammates from the great OL era after the ceremony. Like the great cousin you never see, except at a funeral, the big football family was therefore reunited in the pain of this tragic and sudden loss. Former opponents a few years ago, Pantxi Sirieix, now sports coordinator of Toulouse FC, and Didier Digard, head coach, were united in their sadness but also in their chosen words. Those describing Bryan Bergougnoux as "a good man and above all good, with always a little word or a little attention to make smile." On Monday, there were tears, but also smiles, especially when talking about "his bad faith when it came to Lyon." Because it represented above all the old Saint-Genis-Laval. "He had the ability to know people," said Digard during his speech. He saw when I was upset and he only had to make a smile to make everything go away." This love of life, to "live in the present moment and not tomorrow" allowed him to overcome a tumor and come out stronger from an AVC. He, "the passionate," with whom his cousin Leeroy Anton, who passed through the Academy, could talk for hours about football, went to the kingdom of heaven. He will meet Bernard Lacombe and Fleury Di Nallo with whom he will be able to remember the anecdotes of Gerland. He will also cross the path of a certain Diego Maradona, his idol, and whose song "La mano de Dios" resonated in the midst of the assembly. Before leaving room for the Champions League anthem, his coffin cutting through the crowd that applauded the path, certainly short, accomplished in 43 years. Because, if he is above all a man loved by all, Bryan Bergougnoux was above all "a lover of the ball." A ball towards which he was heading on May 29 to participate in the Legends Tournament of the Téfécé "which he enjoyed participating in."