Following the defeat of Olympique Lyonnais on the lawn of the OGC Nice on Sunday (1-2), Rudi Garcia somewhat criticized his players.
Unstoppable since the start of 2020, whether in Ligue 1 or in the national cups, OL suffered a major setback at the Aiglons. Three days after its success in Nice in the Coupe de France (2-1), Lyon this time fell to the Allianz Riviera in the league during a black Sunday, between the red card from Marçal at the start of the match and the doubled with Dolberg. A first defeat since December 15 which cuts the momentum of the Gones a little. Despite a slight relapse in the standings, in sixth place in the L1, OL remains two points behind European places. But if the Rhone club wants to go for the podium, now located eight lengths, Rudi Garcia’s troop will have to display another face throughout the second half of the season. In any case, this is the message that the Lyonnais coach wanted to send after this southern setback.
“The people of Nice wanted more than us, they were more determined. Victory went to the team that wanted the most. We cannot afford to be in management mode, we must be in determination mode. We weren’t very bright physically when we were cool. The problem does not come from there. We will have to pull ourselves together. We didn’t frame enough, when we had situations, especially on set kicks. And then we have situations where we were not lucid in the finish. Situations close to the goal and in the opposing area, we had them. But as we did not score or did not score well, we did not score this second goal and we took a goal against. We took a goal on a good action from Nice, but where we can do much better on the defensive level ”, Garcia launched, at a press conference, who therefore decided to poke his group to the heart, just to have a positive reaction next Wednesday at the reception of Amiens.
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