Author of a high-level first period in Reims, OL, incomprehensibly, came back late in the second half. What the different actors have difficulty explaining.
His lines would surely not exist in a world where OL are capable of maintaining the same level for 90 minutes. But, and this is also how we see that the team is recovering, this is not yet the case. In Reims on Saturday (1-1), as happened several times, including during the last outing, against Saint-Etienne (1-0), the Rhone residents did not return from the locker room on time. Real subject, the returns after the break are really a downside of Lyon's performances.
However, the first act does not suggest such a slump. It certainly didn't last very long, but enough to deprive Corentin's teammates Tolisso of two units. Extremely unfortunate when we judge the performance as a whole, especially after 45 minutes during which they largely dominated their opponent and played attractive football.
Pierre Sage does not currently have the solution
It was therefore inevitably one of the subjects following the draw in Champagne. “I personally wonder about this, in relation to my half-time speech. It's not normal that we come back so asleep. We relied too much on the first act, which perhaps gave us too many guaranteesobserved Pierre Sage. We gave the Rémois possibilities, and they logically equalized. Although we had an alert just before, we had to concede the goal to finally get back into working order, particularly on the offensive level.“
But how can we explain this feeling that the Rhone residents were no longer winning the second balls, were showing nonchalance and seemed out of time? Hard to say. The ritual after the break always includes restart exercises just before kick-off, but is it enough, should we remember to review it?
Mental problem more than physical?
For Rayan Cherkivery prominent in the first period and more discreet, like his partners, after the cut, it is more of a problem “mental, not physical.“We then wonder all the more as the attacking midfielder confides that this concern”is targeted” by the group and the staff. Everyone is therefore aware, but the defect persists.
Captain Alexander Lacazette also noted this extremely penalizing defect in a race for Europe. “In my opinion, we lost two points, without failing to respect Reims, who played his part and fought. In the first half, we showed that we were on top, we should have folded the game and at least held the score without conceding, analyzed the center forward, not successful at Auguste-Delaune. This often happens to us at the start of half-time, it's recurring. We have to find the solution.”
At least Olympique Lyonnais knows what it needs to work on for the future. All that remains is to find a miracle cure. “Consistency is absolutely an element that we must develop, admitted Pierre Sage. Out of the six quarters of an hour, we won five. We only lost the first of the second half, but in the end it was 1-1.” And more regrets, which have been accumulating since the start of the season.
