Opposed to Olympique Lyonnais this Friday, LOSC settled for a simple draw (1-1) on their lawn, a result commented on by Bruno Genesio at the final whistle.
It's a bad habit that LOSC cannot manage to get rid of. It's been three years in a row that his men have taken the advantage, but end up collapsing during the second act against Olympique Lyonnais. This time, unlike last season, the defeat was fortunately avoided and the two teams parted with a draw (1-1) consistent with the scenario of the meeting: “We had one half each. The first was for us with very good things, especially in pressing and in the use of the ball.
The only regret we can have is not having been effective enough because we had very big chances to lead by at least two goals. We will never know if the result could be different. Afterwards, we fell back a lot in the second half. We suffered a lot of pressure from Lyon, a lot of pressure. They had chances to come back before added time. It's more the scenario that leaves us with some regrets. When you really analyze the match, it’s a draw which is totally logical”begins Bruno Genesio at a press conference.
“We played the half we wanted to do, with intensity and a lot of pressing. We recovered a lot of balls very high. We used the sides very well with our full-backs and our eccentrics. We lacked efficiency and that’s the only regret we can have”insisted the Lille technician on DAZN. The latter also mentioned, in front of the media, the first ideas that could explain these two faces from one half to the other.
“You have to know how to drive the point home. We didn’t do it”
“Why have we gone so far backwards? Why did we have so much difficulty getting the balls out under pressure from the opponent? There are undoubtedly many explanations, including fatigue. We will have to watch the match again, talk to the players to see how they perceived it. Once again, we played a very good team and there is also the opponent which means that, sometimes, you do not do what you want to do. We had a lot of intensity in the first half, which we were unable to maintain throughout the match.he continued. When you are in strong moments, you have to know how to make things happen, to drive the point home and we didn't do that in the first half. We paid dearly for it in second.
[…] We suffered enormously afterwards. They put a lot of pressure. The players who returned hurt us very badly, like the replacement of Rayan Cherki in the center. We held on, but not enough. A match is two halves. »
Despite everything, Bruno Genesio is satisfied with this point considered to be logical: “It’s always difficult to learn lessons straight away. In any case, I congratulated my players because we gave the maximum with the means at the moment. This remains an interesting point in my eyes. Of course we can have regrets, but we can also say that we are taking a point from Monaco. We'll see what the others do. Given the current strength, against a very good team, a good squad, it’s a point that could count”he assured, to conclude, in the bowels of the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy.
