the very tense confrontation between the Lyon players and their supporters (video)

The Lyon players had a very tense confrontation with their supporters on Saturday evening, following the draw conceded at home against Toulouse in Ligue 1 (0-0).

Anger is brewing in Lyon. At the end of another poor performance, Saturday January 18, during the visit of Toulouse in Ligue 1 (0-0), Lyon supporters expressed their anger, following the poor results of their team. Before this tasteless draw, Alexandre Lacazette’s teammates were beaten in Brest (2-1) then eliminated in 16^e final of the Coupe de France by Bourgoin-Jallieu, who plays in National 3 (2-2, 4 tab 2).

At the final whistle against Toulouse, the Lyon ultras demanded explanations from Pierre Sage’s protégés, giving rise to a particularly tense confrontation for several minutes with Corentin Tolisso, Rayan Cherki, Georges Mikautadze and Clinton Mata in particular. It even continued with the Lyon coach who remained at the foot of the stand after the players returned to the locker room.

“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 that we were aware that we had made a professional mistake on Wednesday. Yes, we are in a bad phase, it’s good to recognize it, it allows us to progress,” Corentin Tolisso told DAZN.

“We must try to remember the positive points”

But the midfielder was keen to point out that OL “were only two points from the Champions League and above all fourth in the Europa League”. “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. There was this defeat on Wednesday which hurt a lot, for us first, we are really sorry. This evening, in the state of mind, it was completely different and there was not much missing to score this goal,” he added.

And Pierre Sage made a similar speech. “Today, the state of mind displayed by the team was better, it was not enough to win but we see the first effects of the work between the players and with the players,” declared the coach Rhone, ensuring that the exchanges with the supporters “were very correct”.

To ease tensions, his team will have to pull itself together during their trips to Fenerbahçe on Thursday in the Europa League and then to Nantes next Sunday in Ligue 1.