Lucas Paqueta accumulates smiles
THE NOTES. As soon as he got off the Rhônexpress, Lucas Paqueta gave OL a smile by unlocking the shock against Monaco (2-0).
Lucas Paqueta, +5
He hardly needs to touch the ball to have an impact on the game. His entry at the 67th was indeed enough to electrify the Parc OL and to bring the boulder up a few tens of meters. But since it’s still better when he has the ball, he especially had an impact with two assists at the origin of the two goals. : one of which we are not totally convinced that it was really intended for Léo Dubois, tackled for the penalty for opening the scoring (1-0, 75th), the other bright and stopped for Emerson, until then less reliable than usual this Friday, which centers for Jason Denayer, until then on the wrong side of his usual Alazeubism this Friday (2-0, 90th). Paqueta can return to Saint-Ex to pick up her suitcase on the conveyor belt with peace of mind.
Lucas Paqueta will continue with 24 hours on call in the cardio emergencies of Édouard-Herriot from midnight
– Pierre Prugneau (@Prugneau) October 16, 2021
Karl Toko Ekambi, +3
Before Paqueta, he was the Lyonnais who had the most difficult the Monegasque defense, obtaining the first two big chances for OL (22nd and 26th) and starting others by his speed (34th) or even a nice heel in the area (64th). He still continues to take advantage of the arrival of Peter Bosz, who has made him an essential element that we no longer move from his position, even if it means inventing one for Rayan Cherki. The penalty that was given to him also showed that he was undoubtedly, by his ability to take depth, the indispensable man for OL at the start of the season. After Paqueta, anyway.
Maxence Caqueret, +3
We sometimes don’t really know what to say about Maxence Caqueret. Bravo for the actions where he seems to be pressing in three places at the same time? He does it in every game. How impressive is it when he’s up against a dude twice as tall as him at the entrance to the box and doesn’t seem to move as the dude has just cocked a powerful strike? Yes, but we understood that Caqueret did not need to have the physique of a bearded rugby player to pass for a tough environment. Fortunately, he brings a little variety from time to time to allow us to tell another chosen one, for example by delivering a cross to Beckham for KTE (26th). Although it wouldn’t even surprise us to see him do that every game.
Jérôme Boateng, +2
It was not really a heated debate, but until then we had noticed a small schism between the editors of this column when talking about Boateng. A story of expectations, no doubt, between those who were a little disappointed with its impact so far and those (like the author of the day) who remembered too much where OL came to this position to be choosy . With two more weeks, the German agreed with the last ones, delivering a full match. Always very serene in his interventions, even knows not to set foot to avoid the trap set by Ben Yedder who collapses in the area (23rd), climbs high on the ground to pass in front of the opposing attackers : a taulier, a real one, not like the one we had in recent years.
Rayan Cherki, +1
The fifth choice in Jurynho is often the occasion of a passionate vote. We are not going to smash Houssem Aouar for his new strike too crushed (which might have been invalidated for an initial foul in the event of a goal) after a contrasting match, we are not yet completely fed up with Xherdan Shaqiri despite his airs of Rachid Ghezzal of the rich in a body of Mathieu Valbuena of the bodybuilder, Julian Pollersbeck may not have had enough work to scratch a Gorgelinesque +1 of support … Rayan Cherki, sharper in his choices than at certain entries and that we rather want to see again at this position of number 9 able to combine with teammates. But it must be said that we already wanted to before.
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(Photo Damien LG / OL)
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