Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais face each other in the Coupe de France final this Saturday (9 p.m.). Here is the expected line-up for the Rhone club.
After conceding two scathing defeats in Ligue 1 in its confrontations against Paris Saint-Germain, theOlympique Lyonnais approaches this Coupe de France final with a little taste of revenge. “We learned lessons on how we defend and how we approach the game, explained Pierre Sage. These are points that we have highlighted. Between theory and practice, we have a few hours left before we can verify this.”
“No matter the scenario, if it is positive for us, we will take it. We don’t have a problem with the irrational side of things. We would like the scenario to become more constant, so it would seem more rational to those observing it. But you also have to keep the irrational side for performance.”
2 questions in the OL eleven
In this context, Pierre Sage’s choices will be scrutinized. Two surprises liven up the debates in this pre-match, on the OL side. The first concerns the choice of system. The risky 4-2-3-1 at the Parc des Princes did not bear fruit. Can Pierre Sage bring out his animation in 5-3-2? This option cannot be excluded.
The other question concerns the choice of men. With a strong decision: the tenure of Perri in goal. L’Equipe indicated this week that Pierre Sage had announced to Anthony Lopes that his understudy would start in this final. The Portuguese will therefore leave his long-time club with this disappointment. For the rest, the other strong men of OL are expected, from Lacazette to Tagliafico, via Tolisso, Matic and Caqueret.
The expected line-up for OL : Perri – Maitland-Niles, Mata, O’Brien, Caleta-Car, Tagliafico – Caqueret, Matic, Tolisso – Nuamah, Lacazette.
