Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi hopes the coronavirus pandemic will help people "appreciate the little things" once life resumes some semblance of normality.
The Frenchman has been speaking about the current situation around the globe and on these shores, where it is expected the peak of the outbreak is still yet to come.
The Reds were one of the first clubs to be affected by the virus, with owner Evangelos Marinakis testing positive earlier this month.
The Greek attended Forest’s last game before the season came to a halt - a 3-0 home defeat to Millwall - and a few days later announced he had contracted the disease, although he has since recovered.
Since then, the country has gone into lockdown and football has been suspended until April 30 at the earliest.
“We weren’t prepared, we don’t know what to do,” Lamouchi said of the COVID-19 crisis, in an interview with TuttoMercatoWeb.
“Italy was the first nation to close everything.
“Unfortunately or fortunately we have in England, we have followed the Italian guidelines.
“Nobody expected the whole world two months ago to be stopped for a virus.
“But we must absolutely respect the rules, stay home. And move very little, the bare minimum.
“Doctors, nurses, law enforcement are the real champions. At the forefront of all humanity.”
Sport is clearly of little importance during such times, and Lamouchi admits he fears what is still to come as the number of cases and fatalities continues to rise.
“First of all we have to understand why we got to this point, because we have not avoided the pandemic,” he said.
“Then everything will be different.
“I'm afraid of tomorrow, every day is getting worse.
“I wish this whole situation would end soon and (we can) go back to doing the simple things before: going out, traveling, seeing people, hugging us.
“When we get past this moment we will appreciate the little things of every day.”
