DEBATE
Lyon is at a turning point. OL, suffering from the start of the season, plays its qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League against the German club RB Leipzig on Tuesday night at Groupama Stadium. "It's a crash test for Rudi Gracia's credit, in case of elimination, the end of the season may be long," said our consultant Nabil Djellit, in Europe 1 Sport. But the journalist of France Football is pessimistic before this crucial meeting for the club of Jean-Michel Aulas. "If you ask me which is the best team, it's clearly Leipzig." In the first leg, Lyon had a hold-up (win 2-0 against the course of the game).
The Lyonnais, who have 7 points after five days of group stage, must either win, or do better than the Zenith St. Petersburg (7 pts too) to compile their ticket for the next round. Leipzig, first with 10 points, is already qualified.
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"It's going to be very difficult"
"Leipzig is a transition team that adapts to his opponents and has a former player of the PSG, Christopher Nkunku, who has just scored six assists in the last matches," said the journalist France Foot . "In Lyon, the paw Garcia is for the moment exploits of Memphis Depay, a team that plays higher and multiplies the centers.But it is also a team that has shortcomings and lacks character. I'm going to cross my fingers not for Lyon, but for French football, and I feel that it's going to be very difficult for Lyon, "Nabil Djellit said.
An analysis shared by our consultant Grégory Schneider. "Leipzig is already qualified, but between a team that plays their skin and another that plays less, it can play.But Leipzig is a conquering and exciting team.In Lyon, I have the impression to see an old house a little sclerotic, where the players have collective deficiencies because they are trained to sell them.How much are there team players in Lyon? It seems to me that a lot of little things do not go I'm a little scared for them, "judge Liberation reporter.