“After Marseille, we put one hand on the ground and got up,” underlines Pierre Sage

“After the defeat against Marseille (3-2), we put one hand on the ground and got up”said Lyon coach Pierre Sage after the victory “deserved” against Nantes (2-0), Sunday in the 7th day of Ligue 1. “Against OM, there was disappointment with the result and the scenario but I was not unhappy with the content of the match in the energy, the control and the situations created”commented Sage at a press conference.

“It was only the efficiency that was not there that evening. Conversely, there is a second match which departs from our good trajectory since the victory over Strasbourg (4-3, August 30), the one won in Toulouse, where we were not good, we must not hide things”he acknowledged.

“We could have scored more”

“We nevertheless manage to win and the strength of a team is also to manage to win when you are not at your level of collective performance”he was satisfied.

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“In August, there was a psychological problem in our locker room linked to the transfer window. And strangely, our revival falls at the end of the transfer market. The turnaround against Strasbourg (Lyon was trailing 3-1 before winning 4-3) is the result of the energy produced by the team and since then we have had a string of good matches.”he analyzed, happy with his team’s performance against Nantes.

“The victory is deserved even if the Nantes people obtained some situations. We could have scored more. We had control. Does a style emerge? I don’t know. But what is important is to manage to have a controlled game, allowing us to impact our opponents and for both the players and the public to have fun.he added.