OL: Rayan Cherki's big outing after the draw

This Saturday evening, Olympique Lyonnais had the opportunity to confirm their victory two weeks ago in the derby against ASSE. Traveling to Reims, Pierre Sage's team started their match very well with a large domination and several good chances. Rayan Cherki had also managed to open the scoring in a logical manner. Following a good cross from Lacazette, the Lyon number 10 regained his head and slipped the ball out of reach of Diouf who had made several exceptional saves.

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But upon returning from the locker room, the Lyonnais completely relaxed and conceded the equalizer through Diakité. The score will not change after this despite other opportunities on both sides. And after the meeting, Rayan Cherki spoke at the microphone of DAZN. The Lyon striker seemed very frustrated by this scenario and by his team's inability to correct the mistakes of previous matches. “We are very disappointed with the two points we have just lost this evening. We will have to work on the start of the second period. We have a real problem, it's something we know about, we discuss it at half-time. We will have to target the problem because today we played better than them from start to finish, we gave them a quarter of an hour where they had fun. We are disappointed.”

“It’s not my football, being decisive, I don’t care”

Relaunched on this problem, the international hopeful of the France team does not understand how to correct the errors which persist. “The truth, even we don’t know how to explain it. We discuss it by saying “guys, we know that we often have weird starts to the second half”, we say that in every match, and it doesn't work. But we will remember the positive. The first half is worthy of a very great team, it's the best half in years, we'll have to keep it up, do poorly and continue to play to try to pick up points.confided Rayan Cherki who was also elected man of the match. A distinction which rewards his nice headed goal and more generally his good start to the season. And when it comes to his return to form, the one who is being tracked by Liverpool had some pretty strong words.

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“Everyone thinks that I never put my head on, and then it's perfect. (laughs) Even me it surprised me a little, I only know how to juggle with my head, that's all. My position? That's what I like, I play where I have to play, on the left, on the right, 6, 8, 9. Even if I have to play lateral, I will try to use my technique. Before, I preferred number 10, now wherever I am, I try to make the difference. It's true that it works well for me, I work a lot to keep it going. We know that in football, the most important thing is to be consistent and decisive. Even if it's not my football, being decisive, I don't care. I'm here to make my teammates enjoy it. It’s clear that I appreciate switching. I have the ability to feel the right areas, feel my partners and move to the areas where I can help my partners the most and annoy the opponents.”he said. An analysis generally shared by his trainer Pierre Sage who also praised his evening performance. “Cherki played a very good match. I am happy with his performance. At the end of the match, he was tired, which proves the great effort he made. I would like to highlight his offensive performance, but also his defensive contribution. He has now integrated this sacrifice. It plays on his freshness at the end of the match, but on an individual level, we can value the fact that he really acts for the team. The interested party will appreciate it.