Remi Garde admits defeat to Real Madrid could be a serious one – Ligue 1 news
In the wake of a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of La Liga giants Real Madrid in a Champions League encounter at the Santiago Brenabeau, Olympique Lyonnais coach Remi Garde has admitted that the beating could be a big result for his side.
The French coach suffered his heaviest defeat last night since his reign as Les Gones coach and is hopeful that the loss would not derail http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130’ good run of form in the Ligue 1.
In a post-game press conference, the 45-year-old said that it was a tough outing for Lyon as they were up against a side that played the whole game at the same level and never once gave his side a chance to score a goal. Garde further pointed out that the
absentees in the squad made things even more hard for him.
Les Gones were without the services of Lisandro Lopez and Clement Grenier and lacked creativity in the middle of the park.
“We suffered a lot tonight. I had imagined that the match could turn out something like it did, as I feared it might, with Real Madrid monopolising the ball and forcing us to defend very deep,” Garde said before admitting that the defeat was even more serious
because his side did not get close to scoring a goal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-Bastos-c25461 on the other hand admitted that the team was terrible and did not play like they are used to playing. The Brazilian admitted that the players kept on losing the ball and called the defeat as the club’s worst game of the season.
However, Bastos added that his side will be looking to put the defeat behind them and look forward to the remaining games of the Group stages in order to qualify for the knockout rounds. After three games, Real Madrid are on top of Group D standings with
nine points while Ajax and Lyon are level on four points.
The game against Ajax would certainly be an important game for both sides as it seems that the real battle would be for the final place for the knockout round which would be contested by the two sides from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899.
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