sentences:  His old club Olympique Alès offered him the manager's position in 1945; he used the following four years to perfect the 'line defence" technique that would make him famous, and in the process took Olympique Alès back to the first division for the second time in its history.In 1949, he moved to Nîmes Olympique, which team too he took up to Ligue 1, before being tapped to bring his skills to the French national team in 1955.He had already been involved as a technical strategist with the team as early as their friendly against England in 1951.