OL: Pierre Sage turns on his own players – Olympique Lyonnais

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OL got the better of FC Nantes this Sunday in Ligue 1. An important victory for Les Gones, even if Pierre Sage intends to keep his entire team involved.

Les Gones scored a fourth success in a row against FC Nantes in all competitions. Enough to reassure a lot of OL fans and observers. Against the Canaries this Sunday, the Lyon collective rose to the occasion. Enough in any case to glean the three points and return to the first part of the table in Ligue 1. However, Pierre Sage expects even more from his troops in order to maintain the good results and become a formidable and feared team. The Lyon coach does not hesitate to sanction players who do not live up to their rank. If during the week in Glasgow, Tanner Tessmann and Warmed Omari were sidelined, this time it was Gift Orban and Wilfried Zaha for the match against Nantes. And Pierre Sage will start again as many times as necessary.

Pierre Sage imposes his law

In comments relayed by Olympic and Lyonnaisthe Lyon coach has indeed sent a clear message to his troops: « I have a very clear message with those who don’t play or play less. I told them that it is difficult for me to evaluate them as a footballer. I need to evaluate them on other things so if those things aren’t up to par with the professional they need to be, I feel they still need a little time to come back into the team, given that they are not in the project up to the commitment that I am looking for and that the others are putting in. Let them comply with that and they will have a better future.” This is clear and for the moment, Pierre Sage’s recipe is working, to the delight of fans. Not necessarily from all players…