Corentin Tolisso (OL) at a press conference (credit: David Hernandez)
Having forgotten to enter the field on Friday evening, OL suffered attacks from Lille for 45 minutes. With the miracle of only coming home with a goal behind at the break.
For those who only watched the first half of the match on Friday night, see the’OL leave with a point Lille would have been a hold-up (1-1). It would be difficult to prove them wrong as the face of Lyon was light years away from the ambitions displayed before the match. The fans were waiting to see what this OL would be able to provide a response against one of the teams in form in Ligue 1.
For 45 minutes, the answer was clearly: nothing at all. Corentin Tolisso certainly launched the hostilities with a header off target in the 3rd minute, but behind it, a succession of individual errors and a lack of desire summed up the Rhone's first act. “We weren't able to implement what we had planned before the match, but our strength in the second half was to go less through the middle, noted the midfielder on DAZN. We were able to react and find a solution.”
“We had to change our mindset”
Bring back a point Lille would be a good operation in normal times. Only, the sharing of points a week ago against Auxerre costs even more after this 10th day. L'OL is standing still in the rankings and should logically lose places even if the Rhone team will remain five lengths from second place and three from the podium.
Far from being an impossible mission, but it will be necessary to show a completely different face. Once again, Pierre Sage's speech during the break seems to have borne fruit. “At the break, we said things calmly, and the coach reminded us that we had to change our mindset and get back to the OL we were. I think this draw is deserved. (… ) But if we have big ambitions, we cannot be satisfied with this first half.” Because, yes, it is a miracle that theOL only came home with a goal behind at half-time.
