Jostled throughout the first act, LOSC resisted as best they could before overturning the match and OGC Nice this Friday (2-1). The words were strong at the break, Lucas Chevalier admits in his debrief.
Back in front of its audience this Friday, as part of the eighteenth day of Ligue 1, LOSC first trembled against Nice. Elsewhere, far from the match, the Mastiffs seemed incapable of creating, of making the slightest difference. Regularly outpaced, lagging in their movements, they were also feverish in the first half, forcing Lucas Chevalier to make two exceptional saves. However, he ended up cracking on a powerful cross from Jonathan Clauss in the right area (29′) which he pushed back into the feet of Sofiane Diop for the opener: “He centers perfectly wellrecognized the Lille goalkeeper at the final whistle. I had to intervene. I couldn't let the ball go. I dove, tried to deviate, hoping the marking was close. It was a quick attack from Nice, so he wasn't, but I had no other choice. It was a great action from Nice. On the first stops, I did my job using my qualities”he thus judged his performance in the mixed zone, following the victory of LOSC (2-1) over OGC Nice.
“Perhaps one of the poorest halves this season”
Having taken stock of his own performances, let's move on to the collective. Lucas Chevalier got the ball rolling on DAZN from the final whistle: “It took a half to react. We started badly, Nice started well. We got shaken up a bit at half-time, there was a real reaction. We were very efficient. We are happy, even more so with this sequence of matches. We manage to keep our invincibility, that’s good, we have to continue. We know we have quality, we couldn't continue like this. I was personally quite calm at half-time, because I thought there was really a way, they were takeable. I don't know if there is a special recipe, but we will try to keep it as long as possible. Today, it was the state of mind that prevailed”he said into the microphone of the official broadcaster.
-Present in the depths of the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy, he insisted a few minutes later using words with greater intensity: “Honestly, this might be one of the poorest halves this seasonhe admitted. We couldn't produce a game. We suffered a lot. Offensively, Nice has impactful players, and everyone has seen it. But I remained quite calm. We couldn't continue like this, because it's not us. Scoring directly after the break is a terrible blow to the morale of the opposing team. They had the pressure, and then we had a little success on the second goal. But yes, there were strong words from the coach, and then between us”he confided with a certain frankness.
Le podium
This goal had eluded them for several weeks. He was finally hooked. LOSC, winner this Friday, climbs onto the podium by beating OGC Nice, its evening opponent, and AS Monaco: “You know, it’s hard to make the switch in every game. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. We must salute the collective reaction in the second half. Even if I found that Nice had slowed down a little, a little fatigue perhaps on their side, it's nice to be efficient. This is what we have been missing lately. There are only positives with three points, the podium is very good”savored Lucas Chevalier.
From the Coupe de France to Ligue 1, everything has been successful in recent days: “It's a great week, but it was hard, it's a strain on the rods, but it's okay. You have to enjoy it, keep going, we play every three days, but it's good because few teams manage to keep up this pace.”he concluded, with a smile.
