2023-10-01 16:02:28
On the ground, Lyon executives are having difficulty. Outside, at least, they are not hiding: Anthony Lopes appeared very quickly in the mixed zone after OL’s new defeat in Reims (0-2) – the 5th in 7 days of L1 -, and Corentin Tolisso, despite his replacement by Lepenant (53rd), returned to confide in Amazon Prime after another defeat which left him totally distraught.
His voice wavered, and tears were not far away, as he spoke of the situation of his training club: “What is happening is hard, really hard. We don’t have the right to be where we are… I don’t know what to tell you… Of course I’m touched. Since I was little, I have been an OL supporter, and I have never seen OL in this position. And for me, being a professional footballer at Olympique Lyonnais and putting the club in this position, it hurts me more than anything. »
He seems to play with apprehension
But the 2018 world champion is also, reluctantly, one of the symbols of the sporting crisis. If he plays matches for the first time in several seasons, he does so at a pace and with an intensity that keeps him quite far from his best level.
His technical influence is sometimes positive, but his start to the season is frankly complicated, whatever role his coaches entrust to him. Seen from above, he seems to play with apprehension, taking precautions with his supports, when it comes to changing direction or quickly following up with a shot. His muscle memory is also that of his injuries.
This Sunday, in Reims, Fabio Grosso thought that things would go better without him, after asking him to play high, a little unnatural, rather with his back to the game. The problem for OL is that his replacements are generally unable to seize their chance. Neither Johann Lepenant, nor Skelly Alvero, yesterday, nor Ainsley Maitland-Niles, have shown, yet, that they are capable of doing better than the shadow of the 2018 world champion.
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