OL: revenge, the Lyonnais are expected to rebound
OL players during the match against Angers on September 3, 2022 (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Defeated in Lorient, OL want to raise their heads in Monaco. Faced with a direct competitor, the Lyonnais must be forgiven and show their potential outside.
Weeks, months or even years pass and the observation is ultimately always the same. In Lyon, there is this ability not to meet expectations when eyes are fixed and answers are expected. A Lorient, careful observers know. Know if this successful start to the season was just a sham with tough opponents or if, as hoped by the statements of each other, there was a real change in the mentality of Lyon. It only took half an hour to be confirmed that nothing had changed at theLO.
Everything is suspect on paper or in speeches but when it comes to proving it on the ground, it’s a whole other thing. And without insulting them, it was only Lorient opposite. If this Breton defeat can only be an error of course, the sequence monaco – PSG – Lens which created a wave of panic. At least outside the group. “The state of mind is good, it’s not a defeat that will call everything into question, a confident Roman faivreFriday. It is on that this defeat hurts us. the matches follow each other quickly with an open confrontation. It’s up to us to do the work.”
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The last exercises of theLO learned not to trust what could be said. Still, this match against Monaco comes perhaps at the best of times. With this defeat Lorientthe Lyon club has grilled its pre-break joker and much more than PSG, it is on the Rock that Alexandre’s teammates Lacazette are waiting. Back to the wall after their failed first half against Les Merlus, the Lyonnais have revenge to take. For them but also for the whole Lyon environment which has shown for three months that it has kept hope in this group despite last season.
“Monaco is perfect, it’s a big game. It’s up to us to win on Sunday to show that we can do it. We’re all professionals, continued the former Brestois. We have just lost in Lorient so we have to be revengeful. We have to prove that we are a great team and not chain two bad results. You have to do as against Angers, you have to be solid defensively, score a lot of goals.”
On the Rock, it will obviously be a different pair of sleeves than facing Angers. Between a direct competitor for Europe and a club struggling to maintain, the differential is real. Only, the tactics proposed by the Monegasques “with a more open game” corresponds much more to what can be the strength of OL. Auxerre and Angers tried to be insistent, they were punished behind. But can OL really transpose their good arrangements from the Parc OL outside? It’s a real question.
Less talk and more action
With only six wins in 21 games away from the bases, the Lyon club is not really conquering under the Bosz era. Conversely, he has never chained two defeats in a row in the league, whether with the Dutchman or with Rudi. Garcia. This Sunday’s match will certainly give a clearer view, but OL are still a reactionary team, especially away from home. “It shouldn’t be necessary to sting. If you’re a professional, it must come from you even this hunger to win, regretted Peter Bosz. But at the same time, the group is young so you have to sting at times, it’s true .”
Against Monaco, OL must have a spirit of revenge. To do so, the Lyon coach should trust those who have disappointed. Defending him for four days, Bosz sent a signal with Thiago Mendes. He’s not going to turn everything upside down and he’s been proving it for over a year. As the coach repeated, “It happens to lose matches, it does not mean that you have lost the championship.” He is not wrong because it is at the end of the ball that the musicians are paid but by being stubborn and offering to keep confidence in his players, Peter Bosz also puts himself on the grill. On the steep path of the Rock, the slightest misstep is prohibited, otherwise beware of falling.