After Lyon’s victory over Toulouse (3-0), the OL players pleaded for the action of their current coach, Pierre Sage, presented as interim, but whose medium and long-term future is not clear. not sure in the face of rumors of possible arrivals of the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli or Bruno Genesio.
Aged 44, returning to OL this summer to be director of the training center, Sage is the fourth coach on the Lyon bench this season after Laurent Blanc, Jean-François Vulliez (1 match) and Fabio Grosso, appointed the September 16 and dismissed on November 30. “We all like the coach. He does a very good job. He has this role of super important messenger and everyone understands it. He is a strength for the squad at the moment and we are wholeheartedly with him,” said midfielder Maxence Caqueret in the mixed zone, satisfied that he “brings a new air”.
“Tactically, he thinks a lot. He gives us little information but it is enough to deliver good matches. Now it is up to us to take what he gives us and reproduce it on the ground like today,” he added. “He gives clear instructions, he has a fairly positive message towards us. It’s nice in this situation to feel loved and to see that we have qualities. This is what he is trying to show us,” declared Alexandre Lacazette, author of a hat-trick against TFC.
For his part, Pierre Sage says he “has no idea” whether his mission will be extended or not. “But my position is that I’m very comfortable that it stops tomorrow, I have no problem if it has to continue. I am at the service of my club. If I have to return to the academy, I will give the best of myself if I have to continue to help this team, I will give the best of myself,” he said at a press conference.
“The important thing is that the people I work with must know that they can count on me and whatever mission is entrusted to me,” continued the 44-year-old technician, who however does not have the diploma. required to coach in Ligue 1. Despite its victory over Toulouse, Lyon remains last in the championship, three points behind TFC, 15th and first non-relegation.
