Maxwel Cornet and Moussa Dembélé lacked realism at the start of the game on Friday against Nîmes (0-0).

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Laurent Cipriani / AP / SIPA

  • OL delivered a small match on Friday against Nîmes (0-0) and did not take off in the league (10th), with only five points after four days.

  • This new underperformance was accompanied by a tactical change, with the move from 3-4-3 to 4-4-2 on Friday.

  • Finally, isn't it time for the Lyonnais already to put themselves on the alert, so as not to be quickly dropped from the race for the podium of L1?

At Parc OL,

“Lyon is a great team, a semi-finalist in the Champions League.

Few clubs will come and take points here.

"Novice as head coach at the professional level, the Nîmes Jérôme Arpinon is very benevolent towards OL, after his lackluster draw (0-0) against the Crocodiles on Friday.

Does he realize that the Lyonnais have won only three of their last 11 Ligue 1 games, and that they have not scored in the game for three and a half games?

Do they already have to worry about counting only five points after four days (10th), and not having shown more offensive impetus in 4-4-2 on Friday than in the two previous poor performances? in Bordeaux (0-0) and Montpellier (2-1) in 3-4-3?

For Anthony Lopes, interviewed on Téléfoot, the answer is clear: “When you're OL, five points out of 12, it's simply unacceptable.

We owe it to ourselves to hit home and try to create a fortress here.

There, we spend a very complicated week.

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🔛 OL-NIMES [AFTER-MATCH]



🗯️ “To take 5 points out of 12 is unacceptable!

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⚡️ Frustration and nervousness for Anthony #Lopes after the draw of @ OL at home against @nimesolympique (0-0) #telefootlachaine #nightclub pic.twitter.com/xwgM8AHLKR

- TELEFOOT LA CHAINE DU FOOT (@telefoot_chaine) September 18, 2020

"If we didn't have a chance, we could be worried, but we have them"

Against Nîmes, the 64% possession of the ball resulted in only three shots on target in 95 minutes.

According to Rudi Garcia, the concern comes "above all" from a lack of offensive realism for three games.

“If we didn't have a chance, we could be worried, but we have them,” he insists.

Against a team that has lost eight of its last nine away games, its players have however wasted only two big opportunities, by Maxwel Cornet (8th) and Moussa Dembélé (10th).

"We let these easy opportunities pass and when we do not materialize them, the opponent begins to gain confidence and the match becomes harder," summarizes midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, called up with the Brazilian selection earlier in the day.

The passage from 3-4-3 to 4-4-2, which even caught Jérôme Arpinon by surprise, implies, according to Rudi Garcia, a major asset: “It allowed us to have more offensive players on the field.

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Since his arrival at OL, Rudi Garcia is:


- 31 points in 19 L1 matches in 19-20


- 5 points in 4 L1 matches in 20-21



36 points out of 69 possible.

Having played PSG only once.



I do not remember a successful L1 match, with mastery of the game # OLNO #OL #Garcia pic.twitter.com/PrRIlQ6pCq

- Maxime Monthioux (@MaxMonthioux) September 18, 2020

"If we want to win the championship ..."

The former OM coach has completely finished the meeting with four center-forward (Memphis and Dembélé, plus Toko Ekambi and Kadewere entered the game).

We have some doubt about the complementarity of these profiles, which hardly endangered Baptiste Reynet.

Bruno Guimaraes is aware that Lyon, also penalized by a very lively transfer window, could take a damaging delay on leading teams at the end of the summer.

“It's not good, confirms Bruno Guimaraes.

If we want to win the championship, it means winning at home.

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This openly displayed ambition did not materialize at all on the field during this three-game week that this team, deprived of the European Cup, is not about to relive.

Under contract until June 2021, Rudi Garcia could feel the pressure gradually rise in the event of a new underperformance, on September 27 in Lorient.

Even in an OL Park in version 3,000 supporters, its name was, as before the Covid-19 pandemic, accompanied by whistles when the teams were presented.

After the match, his umpteenth allusion to "two penalties obtained", but not whistled against Nîmes, should not skyrocket his popularity in Lyon.

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