The management of the end of matches being a problem since the start of the season, Pierre Sage expects more consistency and made it known at a press conference this Thursday: “At the end of matches, we must be able to have other attitudes. We experienced several contrary scenarios in the last minutes“. And the Lyon coach cited the example of the derby: “At the start of the second half in the derby we were no longer in a dynamic attitude, it's not our game. We held on against Saint-Etienne so we perhaps reversed the trend“.
Pierre Sage also remembers the matches against OM and Hoffenheim in the Europa League: “When we score at the end of the match, we sometimes get a little foggy in our eyes and make mistakes.“.
The Lyon technician also identified the origin of the problem: “These concerns are linked to two aspects: courage and concentration“.
So will the problem be resolved for the trip to Reims? The players are in any case aware of having “missed opportunities” : “There are matches that we should have won. On the pitch, we must try to score more. Against Marseille we should have scored more. Against Saint-Etienne too we should have killed this match. We are one of the clubs in the world that creates the most scoring opportunities. We must improve our efficiency“, explained Nemanja Maticwho continues to believe in qualifying for the Champions League.
