Press conference from 8,000 kms away

Beijing Guoan head coach Bruno Genesio gave a press conference Thursday from 8,000 kilometres away in his native France via mobile phone because he is locked out of China by coronavirus. The 53-year-old Genesio spoke to reporters in the Chinese capital via video call during an open training day for his team. A mobile phone was held by a Guoan staff member who translated Genesio's comments from French to Chinese for the media. "The team is training normally every day. Although the situation is very difficult now, we use new technical means and mobile phones to overcome all of this," Beijing News quoted the Frenchman as saying.