“I would have preferred to see a little Saint-Etienne goal”

For the ex-striker, Saint-Étienne deserved better in this meeting. He relies in particular on the start of half-time to the advantage of the Greens to justify his analysis: “The Lyonnais victory is not deserved. I saw an Olympique Lyonnais that I did not recognize compared to the last matches where there were many more chances, pressure too. I don't know if it is the environment of the derby which meant that the match was a little lacking but in any case I saw a Saint-Etienne team, at the start of the match in the first as well as in the second half, where they totally dominated this Lyon team I would have preferred to see a little goal from Stéphane for at least the equalizer.”

In the mixed zone after the match, John Textor highlighted the atmosphere at Groupama Stadium, surprised by such fervor. Words that caused a reaction Piquionne who did not fail to note that the new OL boss was likely to be much more surprised by that of the return match: “If John Textor is surprised by the atmosphere of the derby in Lyon, he will be surprised in Sainté. There are half as many people but a lot more noise. John Textor's statement before the derby, to say that he wants to humiliate the Greens, it's trashtalk It's in American culture It doesn't shock me plus I played in the United States, I know how people talk. I did Portland derbies. Seattle is the same. There was this form of hyper intense derby and among the presidents too, there was continuous trashtalk. What is important is the field.