Rayan Cherki and Pierre Sage during OL – Nice (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP)
If the score can be flattering from certain angles, Pierre Sage appreciated the face shown by OL against Nice (4-1). Even if he expects even more regularity over 90 minutes.
It was therefore a happy first birthday that Pierre celebrated. Sage late Sunday afternoon. The day after his first candle on the bench of theOLthe French coach won a highly important victory in the race for European places and the Champions League. Faced with the direct competitor that was Nicehis players responded with a second 4-1 victory in the space of three days. In the Nice camp, we castigated the refereeing errors which could have given hope for a very different scenario than this large defeat, which can be flattering if we take all these contrary elements into account.
However, Peter Sage was rather satisfied with the face shown on Sunday. “I have the impression that the victory was less of a sham than Thursday's, we had a more consistent match than in the Europa League. Particularly in the first half, where apart from the hole air when they equalized, we played really well, pressed well too. The second half was a little more difficult, but we knew that if we scored the fifth goal of the match, we were moving towards a goal. victory.”
“We never had a center forward problem”
If he did not want to comment on the contentious situations which triggered the anger of the Nice leaders, the Lyon coach insisted above all on the collective performance of his team and especially on the ray of sunshine which is beginning to show the end of his nose offensively. After Georges' double Mikautadze in Baku on Thursday, Alexander Lacazette scored his hat-trick against the Aiglons on Sunday. “We never had a problem with our center forwards, that's what I told the players in the locker room. We were accused of having problems with our center forwards, we scored eight goals and They scored five out of eight without playing at all in Thursday's match for Alexandre Lacazette and playing around twenty minutes for Georges Mikautadze today (Sunday).”
With only one match this week at Angers (Saturday 9 p.m.), Pierre Sage will be able to work in peace upon returning to training on Tuesday afternoon.
