Surprising scene in Lens (0-0) on Sunday evening: in the 65th minute, Corentin Tolisso was replaced by Jordan Veretout and he did not hide his disapproval. Once on the bench, he made a series of angry gestures, until Pierre Sage went to talk to him. What did the two men say? Was there a beginning of a falling out between them? Not at all! The OL coach explained what happened to Bollaert during the OLNS show, on the club’s channel.
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Tolisso just wanted his bandage removed!
Tolisso had a bandage applied to his thigh. At the start of the second half, on a Lens corner, he made a sign towards the bench which seemed to mean that he wanted to come off. Sage, who had planned to bring Veretout on, but not in place of Tolisso, changed his plans and brought the former Bayern player off. Except that the latter simply wanted a member of staff to help him remove his bandage! A real misunderstanding that made Sage laugh on the set of the show. The technician declared that in the future, his players would have to confirm every gesture made towards the bench…
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To summarize
OL coach Pierre Sage has defused the beginning of the crisis that arose from Corentin Tolisso’s exit in Lens (0-0) on Sunday. The midfielder had publicly shown his discontent but the technician assures that it was a disagreement.
