Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Thursday January 9, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.
Olympique Lyonnais is preparing to welcome a very promising player. Pierre Sage spoke about it this Thursday.
Friday, Ligue 1 is back with the 17th day which will begin with Nantes-Monaco (7 p.m.) and Auxerre-Lille (9 p.m.). This new episode of the French championship will continue on Saturday with the match between Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais (5 p.m.). 5th in the ranking tied with Lille (4th), 2 lengths behind Monaco (3rd), OL are on a good dynamic in terms of results. In terms of manner, however, it’s not really that. The Rhone team came up short in the 32nd round of the Coupe de France against Feignies-Aulnoye (2-1) at the end of December, and won in a landslide against Montpellier (1-0) to start 2005, the weekend last, on a Hérault goal against his camp at the end of additional time.
Sage: “We had to get some energy back, some Football”
Pierre Sage did not hesitate to say how much he did not like the performance of his flock. Before going to Brest, the Lyon coach talked about it again on Thursday. “We had to get some momentum, some football, all the elements that we missed against Montpellier,” said the OL technician. We want to get our game back to what it was. The best way was to play a lot this week in different spaces and to ensure that the players touched the ball as much as possible in adversity conditions. We had a very good week, which is rather encouraging compared to the previous performance. »
“If his arrival materializes, we will work to balance the workforce accordingly”
“You have to know how to accept criticism. Sometimes we play well without winning, and sometimes we play badly and win. But you can’t play badly in the long term and hope to continue winning. These criticisms are therefore legitimate,” added Sage, who also mentioned the OL transfer window. The club is prohibited from recruiting by the DNCG but it can be reinforced by loan from another club in the Eagle Football galaxy, owner of OL. This is how a very promising element should arrive from Brazil and Botafogo, one of the other clubs of which John Textor owns: the Argentinian international attacking midfielder Thiago Almada (23 years old, 6 caps, 2 goals), crowned Brazilian champion and winner of the Copa Libertadores. “The appeal of the DNCG sanctions? We don’t talk about it much. We trust and support leaders. I am never certain about the decisions of the organizations, but we will take responsibility for the decisions, as we always have. Almada? It is expected potentially in the coming hours. However, until nothing is official, there is no point in talking about it. If his arrival materializes, we will work to balance the workforce accordingly,” Sage underlined to journalists. Almada should be loaned to OL for free.
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