In pain, OL picked up their second victory of the week on Sunday in Toulouse, three days after their success against Olympiakos in the Europa League. But there are still many projects for Pierre Sage.
With the start of the Europa League and the sequence of matches every three days, Pierre Sage does not hesitate to rotate his plethora of squad. Sunday in Toulouse, the coach of Olympique Lyonnais had changed everything, or almost everything, compared to the team which had won against Olympiakos in the Europa League three days earlier. Mikautadze, Caqueret and Zaha were starters, but few players took the chance offered to them by Pierre Sage during this trip to the stadium. The victory against TFC does not change the problem for the Rhone coach, who is having a hard time putting together a typical eleven at the start of the season. It is precisely on this problem that the community account @LesFansGones pressed X.
Followed by more than 10,000 Olympique Lyonnais supporters, the account estimates that only six players have currently established themselves as reliable players on whom Pierre Sage can count. In other words, the OL coach must still find between four and five potential starters to create a typical team, which will be important to move forward with certainty in the months to come. “Who do you think are the indisputable starters for Olympique Lyonnais at the start of the season? For my part: Perri, Mata, Caleta-Car, Maitland-Niles, Tolisso and for the start of the season Cherki. As for the rest, that still remains to be found” published the OL fan account, which recognized that Moussa Niakhaté could be added to this list, although former Nottingham defender Forrest missed a few matches due to injury.
Pierre Sage struggles to find a typical eleven
“I forgot about him but indeed, he has his place as an indisputable starter” added the account followed en masse by OL supporters. It now remains to find four to five other reliable players, who will be able to carry Lyon this season and integrate into this typical Pierre Sage team. Elements like Caqueret, Veretout and Lacazette are expected because of their experience. Just like summer recruits such as Mikautadze or Zaha, both very disappointing in Toulouse on Sunday. Pierre Sage has not finished racking his brains to find the right formula and without a doubt, his choices will be carefully observed this week during the trip to Glasgow in the Europa League then the reception of Nantes in Ligue 1.
