Foot OL – In Qatar thanks to Lyon, a player does not deflate – Olympique Lyonnais
If Corentin Tolisso decided to return to Olympique Lyonnais during the last summer transfer window, it was largely to regain center stage and try to rejoin the French team for the World Cup in Qatar.
Last summer, the Rhone club made two big moves on the transfer market by bringing back Alexandre Lacazette and Corentin Tolisso. If the two Gones returned to the fold after rather successful experiences at Arsenal and Bayern Munich, they did not land at Groupama Stadium to make up the numbers, quite the contrary. Regarding the 2018 world champion, the objective in returning to Lyon after a difficult last season at Bayern is clear: to find the French team by the World Cup in Qatar. It is in any case that he recently focused on Le Quotidien du Foot.
Corentin Tolisso has delivered 11 key passes since the start of the season; he is the Lyonnais who has created the most clear scoring chances (4), none of which have ended in goal. pic.twitter.com/XfUvhiwGlp
— OL Data (@OL_Data) September 20, 2022
“OL is the right club to find the French team”
“I came back to OL for the Blues. I really think OL is the right club to join the France team and go to the World Cup this winter. There are a lot of contests. The most important thing is as soon as I focus on myself, not on what other people are doing”, explained Tolisso, who knows that the task will be very difficult from here to the list of Didier Deschamps in November. Already because number 88 of OL has not yet found his best level in the Lyon jersey. But also because the competition is tough in midfield. Given that despite the absences of Pogba or Kanté, Tolisso is still far in the hierarchy, behind players like Tchouaméni, Camavinga, Fofana, Guendouzi or Veretout. But the last matches of the Blues showed that places remained to be taken, Didier Deschamps changing several players in the middle from half-time of the meeting in Denmark. To the point of going for an experienced player like Tolisso? If the Lyonnais finds the level which was his in his heyday, it is possible. OL supporters are only asking for this for the weeks to come, especially since Peter Bosz will need his midfielder to save his skin on the Lyon bench.