Perfectly lucid following the draw against LOSC this Friday (1-1), Pierre Sage targeted the Mastiffs' big mistake, the one for which they ended up paying.
LOSC, for the third time in a row (3-3, 3-4, 1-1), ended up losing ground in its enclosure against Olympique Lyonnais and did not benefit from the disappointment of AS Monaco , defeated by Angers (0-1) earlier in the day. The Mastiffs were caught by old demons at home after having achieved an exceptional first period of intensity: “I find our first half unacceptable. We completely abandoned ourselves. We were unworthy of being Olympique Lyonnais. There was no intensity, no mentality to play this match to be competitive”mentioned Pierre Sage at the microphone of the teams of DAZN.
Despite everything, the Mastiffs managed to get back into the dance and this can be explained: “The mistake that Lille made was to leave us alivejudged the Lyon coach at the final whistle. At halftime I told them I didn't care about the score. I wanted to see OL on the pitch. It wasn't our team. Our dry cleaning was poorly coordinated. We struggled, the best news was that we were only 1-0 down at the break. »
Pierre Sage was also questioned about his team's first achievement, the one refused for an offside by Niakhaté:
“For me, with VAR, we have an appointment with the truth. From the moment we have this tool, we must trust the refereeing body, even if it is difficult at the time. Some decisions are favorable to us, others, like these, which do not go in the right direction. It's more equitable. The referee was very transparent with me at the end of the match. He told me that from the moment there is contact with the goalkeeper, he can consider it offside”he thought thus.
Corentin Tolisso and Georges Mikautadze
At the final whistle, Corentin Tolisso and Georges Mikautadze had a similar speech: “We weren't able to put in place what we had initially planned, but our strength in the second half was to go less through the middle. We were able to react and find a solutionjudged the first named. We didn't manage to get into this match. The coach spoke to us and put some things back in place. We couldn't continue like this, otherwise we wouldn't make it. We weren't going to take any points. We had to enter the duels and show that we are a good team because that is the case”continued the second.
The French international judged that the result was logical:
“At the break, we said things calmly, and the coach reminded us that we had to change our state of mind and get back to the OL that we were. I think this draw is deserved. But we have big ambitions, we cannot be satisfied with this first half”he concluded at the microphone of the teams of DAZNfar from being satisfied with the point earned this Friday.
