After the rocking of the Lyon bus on October 29, OM and OL meet again this Wednesday at the Stade Vélodrome. And Clinton Mata is not really reassured.
OM-OL, act 2. After the match was postponed at the end of October due to the stone crushing of the Lyon bus, the two Olympics meet again this Wednesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome. A necessarily special meeting for the people of Rhone.
“It’s a bit of a tricky situation. We didn’t think we would replay this match as if nothing had happened on the 29th. It must still be emphasized that there was damage, to our former coach, to the bus, said a not reassured Clinton Mata at a press conference. After what happened, we are a little afraid. We were promised that everything would go well but that was not the case. »
The Lyon defender recalls that Les Gones experienced a difficult time at the end of October, which should not be minimized.“It was hard, for me it was a shock, explains the former Bruges player. I had never experienced that before going to play a football match. We go to the stadium to make people happy and not to get stoned. (…) It was harder for some young players who had never experienced that.”
However, Mata hopes that his team will be able to show a good face, as they did in Lens despite the defeat (3-2). “We are going to approach this match as we approached the Lens match, without saying that we are going to take revenge. We just want to come and play a football match without there being any extra sporting things, he explains. The Vélodrome whistles? It’s part of football that supporters boo players, you have to deal with it. We will ignore it and focus on our game plan. It’s an important match for us and for the supporters.”
