Barcelona-Lyon: robots from the clubs' foundations activated for the benefit of young patients

"Like last month's first leg (0-0, 19/02/2019), a young hospital patient will get exclusive access to Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Conforama) ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 (Wednesday 13/03/2019 at the Camp Nou 99,354 capacity) decider against FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander)," said the French club on 12/03/2019.

"During Olympique Lyonnais' scoreless tie with Barcelona in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg, two young patients were been able to watch the match at Groupama Stadium (59,286 capacity) from their hospital rooms thanks to telepresence robots: one at the Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona (ESP) and the other from the Centre Léon Bérard in Lyon (FRA). And this week, the OL Fondation robot boarded the Olympique Lyonnais bus with the team's equipment en route to Barcelona for Wednesday's second leg," added the French club.

"This time it's the turn of 21-year-old Jose, who greeted the Lyon players upon their arrival at the team hotel in Barcelona, as well as observing Bruno Genesio and Nabil Fekir's pre-match press conference, followed by Tuesday evening's…