At the end of the defeat of OL in Strasbourg, Sunday evening, at the end of the 1st day of L1, Rayan Cherki raised his voice.
Things are off to a bad start for OL… Traveling to Strasbourg on Sunday evening, for the first round of the 2023-2024 Ligue 1 season, Les Gones lost 2-1. A defeat that Laurent Blanc’s men could have avoided if they had been less clumsy in the last gesture. After the meeting, Rayan Cherki wanted to already sound the alarm with a strong message sent to his teammates.
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“There is a lot of disappointment. We’re tired of suffering every time like this, thus deplored the international Espoirs at the microphone of Prime Video. I want to say that it is neither the fault of the staff, nor the fault of the coach, it is us on the ground. After a while, we put the right ingredients each time at the start of the match. Each time, there is always a small mistake, something that prevents us from winning matches. Today, the disappointment is immense. It’s anger, disappointment, we worked for a month and a half for most of the players for this match… ”
“We must be at the top, period”
And Rayan Cherki to add a layer: “Each time this little detail is missing which means that we have to fold the match in 5 minutes, it always turns against us. (…) We will have to be much more solid defensively. It’s not a new Rayan Cherki you see, it’s just that I’m tired of always coming after matches and saying ‘it’s a shame, that’s how it is’. We are Olympique Lyonnais, we must be at the top, period. » On good terms…
