Axel Allag, Media365, published on Sunday January 19, 2025 at 8:23 a.m.
At the end of the draw between OL and Toulouse (0-0), Pierre Sage and several players from the Rhone club faced angry supporters.
The elimination of OL against Bourgoin-Jallieu in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France was not followed by a reaction. Against Toulouse, Lyon struggled and had to settle for a draw (0-0) which was inevitably unpleasant. Then, after the final whistle of the match, an explanation of text took place between several players – like Corentin Tolisso and Georges Mikautadze – and angry supporters. Subsequently, Pierre Sage came to join his group in order to listen to the vision of the supporters, not necessarily delighted, we suppose, by the recent results.
-Tolisso: “We are really sorry to have lost against a N3”
During this discussion, “Wet the jersey” came down from the stands of Groupama Stadium, while Corentin Tolisso, at the microphone of DAZN, highlighted his feeling, recognizing that nothing was simple, at the moment, for the team directed by Pierre Sage. “It's complicated because we always want to make our supporters proud. It's sad for us when they're not happy. We said to ourselves that we had to stay united despite everything that could be said in the stands. I told them that we made a professional mistake on Wednesday. We are aware that it is complicated at the moment. We are two points from the Champions League and fourth in the Europa League. take the positives. We're really sorry to have. lost against a N3. We wanted to show another state of mind. We weren't missing much.
The OL coach stressed on the microphone of the broadcaster of the meeting that the exchanges “were correct”, believing that the supporters had experienced the same “humiliation” as those of the players on Wednesday, and wanting to highlight the positive despite this third consecutive match without a victory in all competitions. “Today (Saturday, editor's note) the state of mind displayed by the team was better, it was not enough to win but we are seeing the first effects of the work between the players and with the players.” On Thursday, OL will have to bounce back at Fenerbahçe in the Europa League before another trip to Nantes in Ligue 1 (Sunday January 26).
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