Foot OL – Bosz and Boateng, a better life in Lyon – Olympique Lyonnais
A week after being absent from the OL squad against Nice, not without controversy, Jérôme Boateng is back in Peter Bosz’s squad at Lens. Perhaps the will for the Dutchman to definitively silence all noises.
A player, an ego and above all a CV like that of Jérôme Boateng weighs heavily in a locker room. OL could see this last week when the German world champion was absent from Peter Bosz’s list for the reception of Nice. The first information available on the status of a dismissal of the former Bayern. In question, his behavior internally with tensions and fights with his teammates. The latest would have met him at the captain in person Léo Dubois. The German had already been virulent with the side of Lyon and the Blues in Rennes, last October.
The dismissal of Boateng? OL and Bosz refute it
Another explanation also came to feed the theory of the coach’s sanction. Jérôme Boateng spoke about the choice of his Dutch coach after the defeat in Monaco. He gave him his criticisms, or at least his reservations about the five-man defense used by Peter Bosz in the principality. Some said the sideline was the result of this exchange between the two men. In any case, the controversy ignited the web and many Lyon supporters saw it as an injustice towards a strongman of the group.
The Lyon group for the trip to Lens, this Saturday at 5 p.m.! 🦁🔴🔵#RCLOL #AliExpress pic.twitter.com/M76NAxdiYV
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) February 18, 2022
All this Peter Bosz refutes. Asked after the success against Nice last Saturday about the absence of his defender, he gave a rather vague answer about the physical condition of the player who seemed ready to move on with OL. ” I have read many false things in the newspapers. For me, he was not ready to play this match today. I talked to him about it and that’s it. “, he said in a post-match press conference. An embarrassing situation for OL but which seems to be defusing as evidenced by Boateng’s call-up for the trip to Lens this Saturday. Proof of an incident more anecdotal than expected? Of a message well received? Or quite simply, a desire not to create a new problem for a group that does not lack it. The composition of the Dutch technician in defense at Bollaert will be scrutinized with interest.