Foot – C1 – Lyon – Aulas: “A point is annoying” – The Équipe.fr

“This match against Zenit is there a double or quits for the qualification for the 8th finals? It depends
other but it would be better to get a result, if only psychologically, and in order to stay in the race for qualification. So it’s perhaps not double or nothing but it is a more important game than the previous. We should have won the first match in Ghent. We missed a penalty at the wrong time when this game was won on the field. The second match against Valencia, we won on points. I agree that the Zenith has the penalties or dominates but as long as we win.

Is there more excitement from playing outside and against the Zenith while the OL is already under pressure?
We are always under pressure when one is president or coach. For the players, it’s wonderful to face the Zenith with top players including four very on top of everything you can imagine to have in the short term OL. It can not getting a good result. Given ultra-favorite by the media, the Zenith has the pressure. In Lyon, there is no particular pressure, if only to have a little luck because when we look at the statistics, we lack some precision on the number of shots. We always have possession and often the largest number of occasions.

If defeated Tuesday, do you consider that it’s over for qualification?
It will be very difficult if we lose. At a minimum, a zero allows us to keep hoping. For now, just have a point, it’s annoying because there are only four games and it will take nine points over the past four days. But there are plenty of teams that fail to qualify. It would be a big disappointment, although we have many absent. I am not party to lose or players. Everyone will deliver his match against a very big team. And sometimes it is better to play away against such an opponent to not receive criticism. The team morale and will show that when we do not trust it, it motivates.

Friday Alexandre Lacazette complained of the supposed lack of investment partners and Sunday morning, an altercation opposed Corentin Tolisso Lindsay Rose ( missing from the group ). What do you think?
This is a good sign. When everyone is yes-and that things seem to swim in a blissful situation, where nothing happens. Here, there are the reaction. Alexander has seen a number of people who were younger than him. He had to go explain. The altercation? If you had seen the number of altercations that I have seen since I am president, you would not notice. This has not caused discussion Sunday night during dinner. Nothing serious. “