Eliminated in the Coupe de France on Wednesday, Olympique Lyonnais was unable to bounce back and conceded a draw at home against Toulouse (0-0) this Saturday, January 18, as part of the 18th day of Ligue 1. At the final whistle, several players, including Pierre Sage, faced angry supporters.
Corentin Tolisso asked his teammates to greet the supporters at the final whistle. The midfielder knows his stadium and its supporters well: he knows that this draw against Toulouse at home (0-0), as part of the 18th day of Ligue 1, will not pass three days after the humiliation in the Cup from France.
Pierre Sage and Corentin Tolisso faced the ultras. Accompanied by Rayan Cherki, Niakhaté, Clinton Mata and Georges Mikautadze, they discussed for a long time with representatives of the turn, at the bottom of the stand. The exchanges were tense. Meanwhile, the rest of the stands were chanting “wet the jersey”. After several minutes, Tolisso and his teammates returned to the locker room. The coach still stayed to continue the discussion.
“It’s something between the supporters and us, it stays between us. It’s confidential, we prefer to keep it to ourselves,” replied Georges Mikautadze on DAZN. “We fought, we showed a different face than on Wednesday. We missed that last gesture to score a goal. We didn't manage to do it.”
-“I know it’s hard to hear for some that I put things into perspective like that but we have to try to remember the positive points”
Corentin Tolisso gave him more details: “It's complicated because we always want to make our supporters proud and when they're not happy, it's sad for us. I said we were aware of having made a professional mistake on Wednesday, yes we are in a bad phase, it is good to recognize it, it allows us to progress but I told them that we were only two points from the Champions League and. especially fourth in the Europa League I know that. It's hard to hear for some that I'm putting things into perspective like that but we have to try to remember the positives. There was this defeat on Wednesday which hurt us a lot, we are really sorry this evening. the state of mind, it was completely different and there wasn't much missing to score this goal.”
“Very honestly the exchanges were correct,” assured Pierre Sage on DAZN. “I think they experienced the same thing as us during our victory against Montpellier, they were disappointed in Brest and they suffered the same humiliation as us on Wednesday. Today the state of mind displayed by the team was better, it wasn't enough to win but we can see the first effects of the work between the players and with the players.” On Thursday, OL travel to Fenerbahçe in the Europa League before a trip to Nantes in the league.
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