The Lyonnais returned from London with regrets in the hold, given the draw (1-1) obtained Thursday against Hammers quickly reduced to 10.
OL will now play their place in the last four of the Europa League, Thursday April 14 (9 p.m.) in Décines.
It will be necessary by then that Peter Bosz finds the solution to integrate more speed and creativity in order to take the solid defensive block of West Ham, formed around Kurt Zouma.
From our special correspondent in London,
“It's only next week that we'll know if it was a good result or not.
With a broad smile, Peter Bosz issued a relentless statement at a press conference on Thursday evening.
However, the scenario and the facts of the game of the draw (1-1) between West Ham and OL, in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League, can give a tendency on the team which sees the pint half full after this first battle.
In this sense, it is impossible not to mention right away what was the turning point of the match, namely the expulsion at the end of the first period of Arron Cresswell, guilty of having hooked Moussa Dembélé (0- 0.45th+3).
“When you play a half at 11 against 10, you have to win, sighs Peter Bosz.
This situation does not happen often, and against a good team like West Ham, you have to know how to take advantage of it.
Especially when you dominated the first half like we did.
“Listening to the Dutch coach, there is little doubt that this draw (1-1) has a really bitter taste, because of this too little exploited numerical superiority.
“We played with our strengths and here we are still alive”
The figures are of course clearly leaning towards Lyon, with 71% possession of the ball, 23 shots at 5 and even 2.5
expected goals
at 0.5 according to Opta.
We expected an opposition of styles and we had it in an even more caricatural way because of the red card distributed to the Hammers.
"It's not a good performance from us but I liked our resilience in the second period at 10 against 11," said David Moyes.
At halftime, I would have accepted to finish with this result of 1-1.
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2 - Lyon (2.5 xG) totaled 2 Expected Goals more than West Ham (0.5) tonight, while posting 43 balls touched in the box of the Londoners.
Scuttling.
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One wonders if this was not the case before the meeting too, given how even in numerical equality, his group did not show the desire to get out of a minimalist game plan.
“We all stayed together, we played with our strengths and here we are still alive, appreciates on RMC Sport the tricolor goalkeeper of the Hammers Alphonse Areola.
In fact, taking that red card made us stronger after half-time.
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“We could have tried to score a second goal”
You could almost believe it as the players and London Stadium merged together after the unexpected opener from Jarrod Bowen (1-0, 52nd).
And casually, two minutes before Tanguy Ndombele equalized, following colossal work by Tetê on the right side (1-1, 66th), Michail Antonio had a huge 2-0 ball, on a delicious center of Jarrod Bowen.
Inevitably, the London Stadium was waiting for it to ignite.
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“At times, we were exposed on counterattacks, but we have regrets given the face of the match, confides Anthony Lopes.
We had hoped to come back with an even more positive result for the return match [Thursday April 14 at Parc OL], and we could have tried to score a second goal.
“Because the real black spot for the Lyonnais is there: they have almost never been able to corner this limited team, through pressing, intensity, speed or creativity.
"When you come face to face with a team that is going to war on all the balls..."
Lucas Paqueta and Romain Faivre did not seem to be in tune and the real turning point of the meeting may have taken place in the 64th minute of play, with the re-entries of Karl Toko Ekambi and Tetê.
“They are real wingers, unlike Houssem Aouar and Romain Faivre, agrees Peter Bosz.
In an 11 v 10 match, it's really important to play on the sides and to cross a lot, which we haven't done enough.
We saw with the Manchester City-Atlético de Madrid (1-0) match how easy it is to play against such a compact team behind, even when it is reduced to 10. " The percussion of the two entrants finally offered variety to the Lyon game, which purred too often on Thursday to already take a bigger step towards the last four of the Europa League.
“We know that it's always a physical fight when you come to England, summarizes Anthony Lopes.
When you come across a team grouped in the axis, which closes the lines, and which goes to war on all the balls, it is very complicated.
I can understand that our attackers come up against such strong players, who exploit the counterattacks as best as possible.
There is no doubt that Declan Rice and his partners imagine themselves trapping even more against OL, in six days in his den of Décines.
And this time maybe at 11 against 11 for (at least) 90 minutes,
who knows
?
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