Upon it since the start of the season, Stade Rennais has nevertheless succeeded in a tour de force: beat Olympique Lyonnais. After eight matches in all competitions, Rennes is the only team to have beaten OL. And again, the Gones led 1-0 to Roazhon Park at the start of the last quarter of an hour when Tyler Morton received a red card …
For the rest, OL has chained the victories. Enough to allow him to be up to PSG at the top of Ligue 1 and display two victories in two matches in the Europa League. And Thursday, five days after winning it on the LOSC lawn, the men of Paulo Fonseca did not tremble to prevail against RB Salzburg. A 2-0 victory that confirmed the defensive solidity and the resources of the Rhone club. And a little more convinced Daniel Riolo.
“I am frankly amazed and satisfied with what I have seen from OL for weeks, he said to the RMC microphone.
Can they do better? Maybe. This (Thursday) evening, we discovered something new, it is that you can do without a lot of players, put others and it works. That, I think it's already a novelty. »»
OL and the example of PSG
“We were not sure because we said to ourselves: 'They have 11, 12 players, Fonseca will have trouble', he continued. One evening, we saw the Tolisso community – who became a little man to do everything – with Tessmann and Morton and they had made a great match. But we said to ourselves: 'If one of them is missing?'. And tonight, one of the two was missing (Morton was replacement, before replacing … Tessmann. “
And RMC's polemicist to highlight the contribution of young players trained to the club. “The little one of Carvalho, a week ago we didn't even know who it was, there is also little Merah. In the midfield, you start to have solutions that you did not consider. And then as fashion is to have young people play… ”, he underlined before mentioning the influence of PSG: “Last week, I said that PSG had influenced a lot of other teams and especially in France, since we are the first to look at them, and the other clubs also on the meaning of the collective, work and duty. And now, the message sent Wednesday is: 'We go with a team B, four kids who have never played at this level and you walk on Barça'. Well, Fonseca has the all -made speech in the locker room: 'The guys, you saw what they did with four young people, don't forget, you have talent. It is a matter of confidence. “
