Disappointing at the start of the season, Olympique Lyonnais is not really taking off despite the good draw brought back from Lens. Pierre Sage, for his part, is still waiting for a few Ligue 1 matches before being definitive about Lyon’s ambitions in the championship.
Olympique Lyonnais did not really ride on their crazy end to last season which saw the Gones snatch a sixth place synonymous with the European Cup in the last second of the last day of the previous season. Pierre Sage’s squad started their season with two defeats against Rennes (3-0) and Monaco (0-2) before rectifying their situation against Strasbourg and bringing back a draw from Lens. If the results are not catastrophic, the Rhone coach does not want to be alarmed even if OL’s matches have not been spectacular since the start of the championship. The coach believes that it will take about six more matches in Ligue 1 to judge the true ambitions that Lyon will have this season, especially since the Europa League evenings will return to the Groupama Stadium from next season.
Pierre Sage asks for time to judge OL
After the match at Bollaert, which ended in a goalless draw, Pierre Sage asked for patience before truly judging Lyon’s performances in Ligue 1: “I think we will have a real reading of the competition after 10 games played. We have to play better before analyzing the calendar, because in any case, we will have to face everyone in two-legged matches. There will be an impact between Thursday’s game in the Europa League and then the following Sunday. It’s up to us to put in a good performance against Marseille and then follow up well in Europe.”he said in the middle of a week without a match for Lyon.
As a reminder, John Textor had announced that not qualifying for the Champions League at the end of the season would be a failure. Between now and the deadline set by his coach, OL will face Olympique de Marseille at Groupama Stadium next Sunday, and will go to Lille for the tenth league match. Matches against Toulouse, Le Havre, Nantes and Auxerre are also on the program, which could allow the Gones to stock up on points and confidence.
