Ligue 1 – Lyon, the victory and the rant: “We cannot be ambitious and also poor in the game”

Pierre Sage appeared in front of the camera with a serious face. However, a few moments earlier, his players had snatched an unexpected victory in added time against Montpellier (1-0). It must be believed that the exhilaration of victory had no influence on the Lyonnais. However, they took advantage of Lille's draw against Nantes (1-1) to return to the top 4, the objective of the season. But the performance was so poor that the result, even positive, satisfied no one in Lyon.

Pierre Sage was, therefore, by far the most angry of the Lyonnais. “Our opponents should have opened the score, we did a lot of things wrong, we can't be so ambitious and so poor in the gamewarned the OL coach on DAZN. I hope it's linked to the fact that we only started again a week ago. We will have to find solutions rather than excuses.“

“With a point, we would have been disappointed so imagine losing at the last minute“, for his part had fun Jean-Louis Gasset, coach of a really very poorly paid MHSC this Saturday in Lyon. A goal refused by the VAR, another offered on a plate to Khalil Fayad which he sent to the stands and this terrible own goal from the same Fayad in stoppage time: the evening looked like a bad joke for the red lantern Lyon can count themselves lucky to escape unscathed after 90 minutes. cross your fingers rather than puffing out your chest.

“We don't deserve this victory“, recognized Jordan Veretout and Alexandre Lacazette in unison among our colleagues at DAZN. “We won't be able to do 2025 like that, alerted the captain of Les Gones. I am convinced that we can finish in the top 4 but if we play like today, we have no chance.“Same scathing observation at Jordan Veretout:”He missed everything we usually do: aggression, forward runs, counter-pressing. It smiles on us but it is not deserved. It's insufficient.”

To get into details, nothing worked. From the initial composition to the ingenious entries of Rayan Cherki or Corentin Tolisso. As is often the case, it was Alexandre Lacazette, whose state of mind and play with his back to goal are always so precious, who brought Lyon out of its coma in stoppage time. But it is certain that if it was necessary a small miracle to overcome the red lantern in Ligue 1, it will take more to hope to return to greater Europe at the end of the season. Lyon cannot be satisfied with that.

Not every week there will be a Fayad capable of missing the opportunity of the match to, a few minutes later, score an unfortunate own goal. Lyon has gone through a mouse hole. For him who thinks big, 2025 begins with an inconsequential alert but a severe one all the same.