By suffering a huge relapse (2-4), this Sunday against Stade Rennais, OL (10th) find themselves dropped 9 points from the Champions League
The Lyonnais notably experienced "a catastrophic start to the match" by suffering two goals in the first 15 minutes of play
"It's not in my mentality to give up", assures Peter Bosz, who refuses to draw a line under the podium objective, 10 days from the end
At OL Park,
After the string of successes at Lorient (1-4) and especially at Porto (0-1), we almost began to forget how unpredictable, even illegible, OL were.
Launched on the best momentum of their season, and revengeful after the slap suffered in the first leg in Brittany (4-1), the Lyonnais were bound to deliver a big match this Sunday against Stade Rennais, a direct competitor in the race for the 'Europe.
Result: a bleeding and surreal 0-4 in the 49th minute of play after a firecracker, like a symbol, from Martin Terrier, so discreet during his two seasons at OL.
“I was very confident before this match because I saw my team grow after the break, summarizes Peter Bosz.
We had just missed our first period in Monaco.
But there, we completely missed our start to the match.
“It is an understatement as his group found themselves taken by the throat, feverish in each revival and logically punished by goals from Benjamin Bourigeaud (0-1, 11th) and Baptiste Santamaria (0-2, 13th).
"It's not the Antho we know this season"
“The start of the match was catastrophic, continues Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, the only player who agreed to stop in front of the journalists after this fiasco.
We wanted to do well, start very strong after Porto, but the Rennais were able to surprise us.
They had the entry ball and they left us in our camp.
Our passes did not arrive when we really have quality players.
Sometimes, nothing is explained, we will have to analyze this match and move on very quickly to something else.
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We unfold for you the rest of OL's nightmare afternoon in the rain: the goal against his side of the season avoided in extremis by Anthony Lopes on a harmless ball (41st), then a new ball from him with a missed raise for Lukeba, this time sanctioned by Lovro Majer (0-3, 45th + 1).
“It's not the Antho we know this season, and this goal just before half-time hurt us a lot, notes Peter Bosz.
We tried to change the team at the break by taking a lot of risks, with only one central defender in our three-man defence.
We wanted to score a goal quickly and maybe get into the game.
But unfortunately, the opposite happened.
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A “brave” team in the second half, really?
As much to line up a 4-2-3-1 with his typical team, which had just won with a lot of character in Porto on Wednesday, seemed indisputable before the meeting.
As much as his Playstation changes at half-time (Gusto for Dubois, Kadewere for Mendes) could have led to the biggest slap in history at Parc OL.
Imagine a 3-5-2 with as central around the irremovable Lukeba the usual offensive side-pistons Gusto and Emerson.
And as long as you make a nice tandem of Romain Faivre-Karl Toko Ekambi pistons.
All this to bring Tino Kadewere to the fore, author of a ghostly season (1 goal scored).
Lost in this position where he found himself for the first (and probably last) time in his young career, within a team in disarray, Malo Gusto was immediately mystified by Martin Terrier (0-4 , 49th).
And if Peter Bosz, who returned to a 4-man defense by bringing in Damien Da Silva (78th), then saw his team be "courageous", it was Stade Rennais who offered Lyon their two almost anecdotal goals in the last half hour.
An avoidable against his camp by Hamari Traoré on an off target header from Karl Toko Ekambi (1-4, 59th and a penalty from Dembélé after an off-topic exit from Alfred Mendy (2-4, 82nd), have indeed mitigated the sinking of Lyon.
Unsurprisingly, whistles provided from @GroupamaStadium after this surreal first period of #OLSRFC @20Minutes pic.twitter.com/j4b9LRkKa7
— Jeremy Laugier (@JeremyLaugier) March 13, 2022
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Between "frustration, anger and disappointment"
But between the end of the encouragement from the north turn in the second half and the departure of many supporters before the final whistle, the stoppage was also brutal in the stands.
"We have a feeling of frustration, anger, disappointment", thus enumerated Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.
As for Peter Bosz, he is convinced that this defeat does not come from the approach of this meeting, between the two shocks of the Europa League.
It's not a question of concentration, or the importance of this match, which is poorly perceived by the players.
Everyone knew it was a very important match.
No, but we really missed our start to the game.
We wanted to rush them and be aggressive, but it was the Rennais who pressed us.
On the long balls, we lost the duels, we did not cover well, we did not slide well, and all the second balls were for Rennes.
Our chances were rare, we lost and it was of course deserved.
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9 points behind on the podium 10 days from the end
Does such a slap definitely act the failure of the podium objective, which is now at 9 points?
“It's not over, it's not my mentality to give up”, assures Peter Bosz, not without keeping his good humor, by training himself to use the word “mathematically”.
“We must not miss against Porto and Reims, insists Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.
We can't tell ourselves that it's over 11 games from the end, otherwise we might as well go on vacation right away.
“At 11 maybe not, but there really are only 10 left, and after such a slap, it's hard to see this chronically irregular OL (with +2 in goal average) overtaking 7 direct opponents in two months.
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