Pierre Sage has just received a nice early Christmas present. According to information from RMC Sport, the Lyon coach should remain in post at least until Christmas.
Arrived to replace Fabio Grosso, dismissed on November 30 after yet another defeat against Lille (0-2), the former director of the Lyon team first experienced two failures against Lens (2-3) and Marseille (3-0) before obtaining an important success against Toulouse on Sunday (3-0).
Sunday, after Lyon’s second victory of the season, Pierre Sage was nevertheless doubtful about his future: “my position is that I am very comfortable with the fact that it stops tomorrow, I have no problem if that must 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 need to know that they can count on me, no matter what mission is entrusted to me.”
But given the progress shown in the game against Lens and Toulouse, and the state of mind displayed by the players, the tendency would be for Habib Beye’s former assistant at Red Star to stay at least until Christmas . He would therefore supervise the matches against Monaco and Nantes.
The Lyon players would have been seduced by the speech of this new coach, like Maxence Caqueret who praised his attitude after the victory against Toulouse: “We all appreciate 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.” A cohesion that cannot do any harm to the Rhône club, still last in Ligue 1.
