For the trip to Glasgow Rangers in the Europa League, Pierre Sage concocted a surprise in his group and did not call up Tanner Tessmann. The Gones coach justified this choice.
Olympique Lyonnais recovered perfectly from their defeat in stoppage time against OM ten days ago. Les Gones have since had two successes, in the Europa League against Olympiakos (2-0) then in Toulouse (1-2) despite an average overall performance. Starting at the Stadium last Sunday, American midfielder Tanner Tessmann will not make the trip to Scotland for the second day of the Europa League. A choice which challenged Lyon supporters. A surprise, but the coach of the OL team confirmed it before the match against Rangers, the absence of the former Venice player is not linked to a physical problem but rather to a decision taken by Pierre Sage.
Sage justifies Tessmann’s absence against Rangers
Would Tessmann be punished by his coach? The latter delivered his version of the facts in recent hours: “Tanner is experiencing something that others have experienced before him. And behind, they played, scored and played for 90 minutes. So there isn’t necessarily a tomorrow for that. The idea is not to be in a logic of repression, but rather of performance. Even a player who has a bad match, even a player who arrived late, even a player who showed that he was not happy, we can expect him to have a good match the next time and This is what we are waiting for”he said. Substitute against Olympiakos last week, the American came on for the last twenty minutes of the match and participated in the Rhone success at Groupama Stadium. When he returns to the squad, the 23-year-old will have things to prove to his coach.
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