• Beaten by Clermont (0-1) then winner of a flamboyant match against OM (4-1), OGC Nice punctuated their week on Saturday under the sign of the roller coaster by losing without existing at Parc OL ( 2-0).

  • So many faces that challenge the current third in Ligue 1, who could only attempt one strike in 90 minutes on Saturday evening.

  • However, from experienced players Dante and Morgan Schneiderlin to coach Christophe Galtier, no one at the Gym wanted to sound the alarm after this non-match against a direct competitor on the podium.

At OL Park,

A crushed header from Evann Guessand easily captured by Anthony Lopes.

It took until the 76th minute of play to witness the only shot attempted by OGC Nice during Saturday's clash at Parc OL (2-0).

Suffice to say that the Gym supporters had to damn wet the neck to get through this non-match of their team, only three days after the flamboyant face displayed in the Coupe de France against OM (4-1), when the band at Justin Kluivert attacked at all costs to martyr Olympian defence.

OK, we hear the classic argument, in such a configuration, of three games in one week, with moreover only two changes in the starting 11 (Benitez and Lemina) compared to Wednesday.

But as Morgan Schneiderlin lucidly acknowledges: “We're not going to hide behind the physical dimension, it's not just that.

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“I do not blame my players for anything”, assures Galtier

No, from the penalty much too quickly conceded by Justin Kluivert (1-0, 8th), the Gym (3rd) simply did not exist and allowed the Lyonnais (6th) to revive by returning to five points from the podium .

Accustomed to underperformance against youngsters (especially defeats against Lorient, Troyes, Metz and Clermont), this is the first time this season that OGC Nice has come through against a supposed favorite in the race for Europe. .

We therefore expected to see a Christophe Galtier turned against his group at a press conference.

It was actually quite the opposite.

I can't say that my team delivered a mediocre match.

I can see that Lyon was very good, very strong, pleasant to watch, superior in all areas.

We were put under pressure very quickly.

I do not blame my players, who did their best.

But you have to remember what the very high level is.

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“We are not going to throw everything in the trash”

We imagine the speech of the reigning French champion coach very different in the locker room, but this peaceful tone calls out, especially six days after a fiasco at home against Clermont (0-1).

Captain Dante was on the same line as his coach on Saturday evening: “I don't think it's a setback.

We came across a good team.

We tried to give the best of ourselves, following the plan and not giving up until the end.

We are not going to throw everything in the trash.

We know how to be self-critical and lucid, and I'm sure we'll bounce back next week.

It is up to us to remain humble.

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Should we see in this last sentence a message for some of the (young) teammates of the 38-year-old Brazilian defender, as the Gym was praised after his demonstration against OM?

Not really according to Morgan Schneiderlin: “Against Clermont, everyone pushed us, then found us extraordinary against Marseille.

And today, people will still have another opinion.

But we know where we want to go, we have a coach who has a lot of experience and who puts our feet on the ground when necessary.

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"Lyon remains an ogre of the championship"

Seeing a team on the podium so collectively and technically carried around by an irregular and moribund OL a week earlier in Monaco (2-0) still marks the spirits, like the 241 successful passes on Saturday evening.

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“Our plan was to make the Lyonnais doubt because they were in a somewhat difficult phase, confides Morgan Schneiderlin.

We wanted to turn the public against them by using our transitions well, but we couldn't do it and this penalty from the start killed us a bit.

When Lyon begins to gain confidence, it remains a great team, and even an ogre in the championship.

From there to seeing the Gym evolve in such a turning point in Ligue 1 like a Tom Thumb, admit that there is something to be surprised about, right?

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