Montanier (Toulouse) expects “a very upbeat OL”
Philippe Montanier, Toulouse coach
With four defeats in a row, OL want to rediscover the taste of victory this Friday (9 p.m.). Philippe Montanier, the coach of Toulouse, believes that an injured animal is not why a good one has chosen.
Wednesday, winning was the key word in the Lyon camp. With a negative spiral that lasts and four defeats in a row, theLO wants to enjoy coming home and receiving Toulouse to rediscover the taste of the three points. Only, with such a lack of confidence, the Lyonnais are far from arriving on conquered ground when they welcome the promoted Toulouse. The latter, who remains on a victory against Montpellierintends to take advantage of the crisis between Rhône and Saône to make a move.
“OL are going to be mobilized to break a negative spiral so it won’t be easy. We’re going to play our all, we have nothing to lose. We’re playing in a great stadium against a great team so the motivation is going to be optimal with us, said Philip Montanier in conference. We expect a team comeback with a big start to the game. It’s like in boxing, there is the world champion and the challenger. We are the challenger and we will boldly play our luck.”
When OL scared their opponents even before kick-off, the situation of the Lyon club now pushes the other teams to believe in it hard as iron. Nevertheless, Philippe Montanier tried to find extenuating circumstances for Peter Bosz’s group. He also believes that the crisis of confidence is not imposed guarantee of success for the “Pitchouns” with revengeful Lyonnais.
“They’ve done better, they’ve been playing big teams lately so they’ve had some tough games. It’s still a big team that needs to be in the Top 5 at least. They’re late on ignition but the quality is there . I don’t know if it’s a good thing to face them in this context, we’ll see at the end of the match.”