The strong words of Sage, supported by Mourinho

Emmanuel Langellier, media365: published on Thursday January 23, 2025 at 11:37 p.m.

After the draw in Fenerbahçe (0-0), Pierre Sage made significant remarks and received the support of José Mourinho.

On Thursday evening, Olympique Lyonnais failed to reconnect with success and win its ticket for the round of 16 of the Europa League. Embedded in a negative series by being insufficient in the content of its matches, the Rhone club could not do better than 0-0 on the fenerbahçe field where it obtained the best situations without managing to deceive the Turkish porter Irfan Can Egribayat, solid and vigilant on the 7 French shots. Under pressure before the meeting since we learned that OL would have contacted Paulo Fonseca, Pierre Sage then made strong remarks.

Sage: “a very negative pressure that could influence the choices of coaches”

“You know, we have a professional relationship with the players, we try to give everything for them and they also make it good, we are really in a very positive relationship. The famous ultimatum that came out in the press could have had an influence on my way of managing the end of the match, but contrary to what the situation makes me live, I decided to think of OL, in balance And perhaps to have a slightly more controlled match at the end and benefit from an opportunity than to really let go of all horses and perhaps lose the match 1-0 on a counter, “said the coach Lyonnais. “I think it is a very negative pressure that could influence the choices of coaches. I invite you to reason and to avoid relaying this kind of information, ”added Pierre Sage who received the support of his fenerbahçe counterpart, José Mourinho, Thursday evening.

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