Guillaume Marion, Media365: published on Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 10:30 p.m.
After the terrible elimination of Lyon in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France against Bourgoin-Jallieu (2-2, 4-2 tab), Pierre Sage drew up a fairly lucid assessment of the situation and spoke in particular of shame.
It's a match that could well be a turning point in Lyon's season. Indeed, after a promising start to the season, Les Gones have had a less successful period of late. Already beaten in Brest last weekend (1-2), the Rhone residents were this time eliminated in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France (2-2, 2-4 tab)… by Bourgoin-Jallieu, N3 club. The fault in particular goes to Mehdi Moujetzky, author of a double, and to Ronan Jay, who repelled two shots on goal. Obviously, Pierre Sage was very annoyed by the performance of his team this Wednesday evening at Pierre-Rajon. From the break, the Lyon coach had strong words while the score was 1-1. “This is unacceptable. We have no honor, no pride to act like that on a football field,” the latter explained to beIN Sports.
Sage: “Shame in front of the whole world”
After the surprise elimination of his team, Sage gave it a once over in front of the press. “Today, during the first period, we denied too many, too many, too many principles. We did not show pride or honor, and in this sense, I think that Bourgoin deserves his qualification given the match we produced. I don't blame anyone in particular, I blame all of us at the same time. There is one thing that we will have to accept, and that is the shame, the shame in front of our loved ones, the shame in front of our families, the people who love this club, the shame in front of our leaders, the people who came to the stadium, the shame in front of the whole world, launched the Lyon coach in particular, in comments taken up by RMC Sport. It's a duty to beat a team that plays four levels below. » After this big disappointment, Les Gones will have to recover quickly and will be eagerly awaited this Saturday against Toulouse (9:05 p.m.), during the 18th day of Ligue 1.
