L'OL
flaps its wings. After an uneventful start to the season, the Rhone club remains on a small series of two consecutive defeats in Ligue 1, against Toulouse (1-2) then Nice (2-3). “It’s true that we lost the last two matches but we have to analyze what happened,” explained Paulo Fonseca. We can do it in several ways: in these two matches we did a lot of good things, we dominated, in Nice we hit 29 times, had 70% possession, we dominated the whole match. But it's also true that we made mistakes which allowed Nice to win. The team played well, was ambitious, it respected our identity. We didn't lose because the others were better. »
In this context, the Europa League can be a salvation for Les Gones. After having started the League phase perfectly, the Lyonnais hope to continue against Basel to regain confidence and stop this negative dynamic. It will still be with a wide rotation. “We rotate all the time. When we had three games a week, we rotated and we won. I don't think I'm crazy, all the teams that play at this pace are spinning. » The stage is set.
The expected compositions
OL : Greif – Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhaté, Tagliafico – Morton, Tessmann – Karabec, Tolisso, Fofana – Satriano.
Basel : Hitz – Vouilloz, Adjetey, Daniliuc, Schmid – Metinho, Leroy – Agbonifo, Shaqiri, Otele – Ajeti.Aubameyang, Paixão.
Where to watch the match?
This Europa League match between Olympique Lyonnais and Basel will be broadcast this Thursday evening on Canal + Foot, from 6:45 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group's streaming platform, MyCanal.
