2024-04-26 19:29:00
The Olympique Lyonnais coach had a message to convey at a press conference this Friday.
Pierre Sage was thrust into the Olympique Lyonnais bench 5 months ago to rectify the situation, and has largely succeeded in his mission. The technician allowed the Rhone club, then at the bottom of Ligue 1, to make an incredible comeback in the first part of the table. Now in ninth place, OL will also have the pleasure of playing in a Coupe de France final once morest Paris Saint-Germain.
The two clubs met last Sunday for a clash that sounded like a dress rehearsal before this final. And Gones mostly lost at Parc des Princes (1-4). A result that generated inappropriate criticism according to Pierre Sage.
“We were in Ligue 2…”
Present at a press conference two days before the match once morest Monaco, the Olympic coach wanted to give an update. “I think we’ve become gentrified, he said. We are a bit of a victim of the good run we had. The demands and expectations are enormous, the stated goals are different. This is also assumed on our side. What happened, going from last place on the 14th day to being held four days from the end, is not neutral. We will come out of this situation grown up. »
Pierre Sage reminds us: the Olympics can no longer relegate mathematically. A real achievement given the critical situation in December. « What happened this Wednesday was an official confirmation of our retention in Ligue 1, he added. We can almost associate it with a rise in Ligue 2, because we were in Ligue 2. I feel that it went unnoticed and it is in this sense that I feel that we have become more gentrified in our ambitions. Sure, we are Olympique Lyonnais, certainly, we are in a position to experience it. But you have to remember what you experienced and what you had to accomplish at that time. When we get to the break and see the calendar, it also had a strange flavor. The work that the players have done, the self-sacrifice, the fact that they are able to turn games around, has been very important in this journey. It gives the value of what happened. » It has been said.
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Pierre Sage, appointed coach of Olympique Lyonnais 5 months ago, led the club from last place to ninth place in Ligue 1, thus securing their maintenance.
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Despite a recent heavy defeat once morest Paris Saint-Germain (1-4), Sage criticizes the exaggerated expectations and recalls the importance of the progress since the threat of relegation.
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Sage highlights the transformation of the team and compares it to a rise in Ligue 2, highlighting the self-sacrifice of the players and the work done to rectify the club’s critical situation.
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