At the end of Lyon's sad performance on Saturday, Corentin Tolisso and his partners spoke at the bottom of the stand with certain ultras, unhappy with the current situation.
«I think that by playing the matches with these intentions and this state of mind, with a little more fluidity, we will manage to redress the bar“, said Lyon coach Pierre Sage after OL were held in check on their home field by Toulouse (0-0), Saturday in the 18th day of Ligue 1 match. “There is disappointment with the result but given the match, I still have the impression that the players put into practice what they had committed to among themselves and to us“, he said again.
But once again, Olympique Lyonnais, 6th in the ranking two lengths behind Monaco (4th), missed the opportunity to enter the Top 4, its stated objective at the start of the season which corresponds to qualification for the next Champions League, almost economically vital for the Rhone club.
“Courteous and without animosity” exchanges with the Bad Gones
«Today we really freed ourselves from the situation in the ranking because we had turned the spotlight on us. Our biggest problem was this and I think we took a step forward. Last season we qualified for the Europa League for one minute and that was enough for us“, replied Sage. The latter with several players, Rayan Cherki, Georges Mikautadze, Moussa Niakhaté and Corentin Tolisso came to explain at the foot of the north kop with the ultra supporters of the Bad Gones after the final whistle, while the rest of the stand shouted “ wet your swimsuit.” “It's something between the supporters and us, it stays between us. It's confidential, we prefer to keep it to ourselvesconfided Georges Mikautadze on DAZN. We fought, we showed a different face than Wednesday. We missed this last gesture to score a goal. We didn’t manage to do it.”
-«Today the supporters are a little worried about the situation and we told them that we were well aware of having suffered the same humiliation as them on Wednesday and that we were keen to make amends», Explained the Lyon coach in reference to the pitiful elimination against Bourgoin-Jallieu, a neighboring club, partner of OL playing in N3. “We also told them that actions had been put in place by the players among themselves. They talked a lot to each other and I saw that there were the beginnings of progress which, however, were not enough to score goals and take points.“, continued Sage.
«In any case, these are the initial conditions necessary to be able to perform. From the moment we have this base, we will be able to improve our game and become competitive again.he said, confident that the supporters had “was courteous and without animosity”. “It was quite positive and beneficial”he estimated.
