Antoine Kombouaré and Laurent Blanc during Nantes-OL JB Autissier / PANORAMIC
For Laurent Blanc, Lyon lost their semi-final of the Coupe de France this Wednesday evening in the athletic fight and above all thanks to the individual exploit of Ludovic Blas, the only scorer.
OL coach Laurent Blanc was inevitably disappointed by the defeat of his team in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France on Wednesday evening. He recognized the strength of Nantes, particularly in the athletic and physical dimension “We knew what they were going to offer. But since we didn’t know how to play them in the physical and athletic fight… We should have offered something else in the game. I could have put in even more attackers, that wouldn’t have changed. They were stronger in the impact, they jumped higher. Whatever the system, with Nantes you have to avoid one-on-one duels and header duels.»
According to him, Lyon’s defeat in the evening in the Coupe de France semi-final is largely due to a stroke of genius from Ludovic Blas which made the difference. “Despite everything, the match is won by a technical gesture from a classy player. It comforts us a little. Without this gesture of class, we could finish at 0-0. It’s a shame for OL, there were important teams eliminated, we were in the last four and the road ends here.
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It will now be for OL to end the season well, after a big setback as the Coupe de France had become the club’s objective at the end of the season. “Now there is a season to end. There are 9 matches left. We are going to play them, always to win them, as we tried tonight. (How?) I don’t know, I’ll think about it. (the invasion of the field) The supporters are happy because they have qualified. It’s normal. But when everyone goes down like that, you’re never safe from a bad move, it shouldn’t become generalized».
