Olympique Lyonnais chained a fifth game without a championship victory and points to seventh place. His coach Peter Bosz is more than ever threatened.
Le Monde with AFP
This time, Olympique Lyonnais has not lost, but that is not enough to give it colors. After four losses in a row, OL conceded, Friday, October 7, in its Groupama Stadium, a disappointing zero result against the promoted Toulouse (1-1), after a mediocre match which opened the 10 E League day 1.
The Lyon team has also left the field under a lined of whistles from its supporters. Hold in 7th place with 14 points, OL sees the podium moving away after a trompe-l’oeil start to the season during which he only managed to beat opponents intended for the second half of the table.
In view of this new underperformance, the future of Dutch coach Peter Bosz, who always appears without solution, remains unanswered, but it is not certain that his departure would solve all the problems linked to a Effective probably limited in quality.
Because once again, despite its global domination, OL has shown no intensity, no collective coherence due to numerous technical approximations. It is also on a bad recovery from Thiago Mendes, – defensive midfielder that Bosz tries to convert to the central defender but which has already cost seven goals this season – that the Toulousains have managed to equalize at the 67
OL thus conceded at least one goal in nine of its ten Ligue 1 games this season. And shortly before this equalization, Ratao had already touched the post after a duel with Nicolas Tagliafico (62 e ). The TFC, which points this evening at the 11 e place, was not often dangerous but the rare occasions provided were a distant shot of Stijn Spierings touching the top of the bar (43 e sup>) and an action by Zakaria Aboukhlal served by Fares Chaïbi (36
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“Honte and embarrassment” for Lacazette
Things had however started well for the Lyonnais who opened the brand from the 3 e minute by Tetê, served by Lacazette, but whose shot was unfortunately diverted by the young Kevin Keben ( 18 years old). Subsequently, OL created a few opportunities by Karl Toko Ekambi in front of which goalkeeper Maxime DuPé intervened (12 e ) before he diverts a resumption of Corentin’s head Tolisso at the reception of a corner (41
In the second period, DuPé still stopped an attempt by Toko Ekambi (52 e ), which also missed the framework of accuracy (61 e ). Jeff Reine-Adelaïde also had his chance but the Toulouse porter interposed again (75
“We were very disappointed at the end of the match with a feeling of shame and embarrassment, admitted Captain Alexandre Lacazette. It’s complicated to do this type of performance, not to win at home.”
Do Lyonnais see a base for the time being to foreshadow a rapid improvement? They will have to look for it because they are now preparing to play twice on the go, in Rennes then Montpellier.