• After three wins and a draw, OL conceded their first defeat of the summer, Sunday in Lisbon against Sporting Portugal (3-2).

  • Two weeks before the resumption of Ligue 1, the defensive difficulties noted on this meeting are of concern.

  • A follower of very ambitious pressing, the new coach Peter Bosz must quickly succeed in imposing his methods if OL are to succeed in their start to the championship.

If Anthony Lopes wanted to be able to showcase himself, while his club is scrambling to recruit André Onana to his post, he was served Sunday night in Lisbon.

For his return to the Lyon group after his Euro spent as an understudy with the Portuguese selection, he suffered assaults from all sides during OL's fifth preparatory match.

Despite several decisive stops, Anthony Lopes could not prevent his club's first defeat this summer, after three wins and a draw, against Sporting Portugal (3-2).

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"There is little time left before the start of the championship [August 7 against Brest] and we still have a lot of work to do," said the 30-year-old goalkeeper after the meeting at the OLTV microphone.

We know what points to improve.

"He necessarily thinks of the flaws in the pressing desired by the new coach Peter Bosz, which had serious consequences Sunday night.

In addition to a very worrying Marcelo, the new Brazilian left-back Henrique Silva (1-1, 31st), Sinaly Diomande (2-1, 35th), Léo Dubois, Maxwel Cornet and Jason Denayer (3-1, 49th) were all involved. on the three Portuguese goals.

"We will continue to work on our strong principles"

"It's a good lesson for us before the start of the championship," said Islam Slimani, who reduced the gap at the end of the game with a subtle ball stung in front of Antonio Adan (3-2, 90th + 3).

Among the main satisfactions of this match concluding an internship in Murcia, Peter Bosz will be able to retain the good form and the investment of Houssem Aouar and Moussa Dembélé.

The good heel of the Lyon center forward towards his playmaker also allowed OL to open the scoring on Sunday (0-1, 8th).

"We are here to learn what to put in place," says Houssem Aouar.

We will continue to work on our strong principles.

It remains to be seen whether this pressing and this "attacking football" dear to Peter Bosz will be able to quickly be applied successfully by the Lyon group.

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