At the end of a tasteless derby, OL ensured the essentials by winning (1-0) thanks to a penalty from Moussa Dembélé.
Now 10th in Ligue 1, the Lyonnais have still not recruited a single player in the winter transfer window.
There is no doubt that Peter Bosz, whose team shows a more defensive face in 2022, would like reinforcements in attack or on the wings.
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Champagne football is definitely flowing in 2022 for OL. The Lyonnais have just had two successes in Ligue 1 for the first time since September. And this each time on the score of 1-0 thanks to a penalty scored by Moussa Dembélé, in Troyes last week, then Friday during a lackluster derby (1-0). Joking aside, this is the proof, 13 days after an OL-PSG during which the Lyonnais spent their time defending (1-1 but 31.6% possession of the ball), that Peter Bosz has changed a lot since the start. 'last summer. To the point of hearing this disciple of Johan Cruyff let go after the painful victory against the neighbor from Saint-Etienne: “If we win all the matches 1-0, I will be very happy”.
An assumed and stunning 180° turn, for the dogmatic Dutchman, or a temporary adaptation due to the terrible end of 2021 for OL and the pressure for results put before Christmas by Jean-Michel Aulas?
We tend to opt for the second scenario, as the person concerned was so passionate and pedagogical when he presented on his arrival in Lyon his love of intense pressing and “offensive and attractive football”.
This project probably did not survive the holiday season and a then problematic 13th place in Ligue 1.
Needs on the wings and at the tip?
This dilemma about the game plan presents another question in the background: will Lyon take advantage of this winter transfer window to offer Peter Bosz recruits who could allow him to resume his march forward? At least not to start a match with a defensive triplet Lukeba-Mendes-Denayer to contain the only Nordin (1.70 m), as was the case on Friday.
Profiles of blasting wingers à la Moussa Diaby, whom Peter Bosz blew up at Bayer Leverkusen, seem to be a priority, seen as they are lacking in this unbalanced workforce, especially to align his favorite 4-3-3.
A powerful reinforcement would not be too much on the attacking front either: Moussa Dembélé is doing a little better (2 penalties scored in five days), but Tino Kadewere (back from CAN unlike Islam Slimani) missed the opportunity to score his first goal of the season against the Greens (1-0, 74th).
Jeff Reine-Adelaide as the only "rookie"?
The options are therefore reduced in front, especially in the absence of Karl Toko Ekambi, still in contention with his Cameroonian selection.
“There is a lack of goals, it is on this point that confidence is fishing on our side at the moment, notes Maxence Caqueret.
All of that will have to be fixed.
“It will not be a priori by welcoming the Iranian Sardar Azmoun, Bosz's top priority but about to complete his contract at the Zenith (June 2022), as RMC Sport has just revealed.
He could thus engage freely with the club of his choice next June, just like Ajax goalkeeper André Onana, whom Bosz strongly desired last summer.
Without the slightest reinforcement so far, could this OL (provisionally 10th) really launch a real series and fight for European places?
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“We didn't have a very good match, but above all we needed the victory to move up the rankings, justifies Maxence Caqueret.
This performance in the derby does not worry us because we have seen good things in our last weeks.
There, it was a day without, we did not manage to find each other well to create chances.
With a roster of eight defensive players, that's hardly a surprise.
And at worst, if Peter Bosz fails to get a new player by January 31, he will be surprised to see his president tweeting about "the club's prestigious recruit Jeff Reine-Adelaide, back after a long injury" .
The string is too big, so it can only tempt JMA.
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