If Anthony Lopez is uncertain about Sunday’s Olympico at the Velodrome during the 35th day of Ligue 1, the Portuguese goalkeeper has “saved” the OL a lot this season according to coach Peter Boss. The Dutch technician, who spent a press conference on Friday, stressed the regularity of the janitor, unlike his entire squad.
Mystery still hangs over Anthony Lopez’s presence at the Olympics. This Friday spent in a press conference more than 48 hours of the trip to Vélodrome, in anticipation of the 35th day of Ligue 1, the Portuguese goalkeeper OL indicated that he was going to take a “big test” in training, which will allow you to make a decision.
“I’m fine, it’s taking its course. We’re going in the right direction. I hope I’ll be there on Sunday. I can’t tell you I’ll be there,” Lopez commented, missing Les Jun’s last four matches with a thigh injury. The porter has not yet done specific training (diving) at the moment and will have a new session on Saturday to decide.
Because the presence of Anthony Lopez seems essential to Peter Boss, who set off with his team in a sprint to finish in a European place at the end of the season. Four days after the end, the Rhône club finished eighth with 52 units, five points behind OGC Nice, who is currently fifth.
“When your goalkeeper is your best player, it’s not good,” says Boss
According to Peter Boss, this arrangement would have been worse without Anthony Lopez: “When your goalkeeper is your best player, it’s not good, it has to be said. Logically, at a big club, a goalkeeper should have one or more great saves. In every game.Anthony Lopez has saved so much more this season.This means that our team is not strong enough but Lopez is also having a great season.Anthony Lopez has been stable most of the season, even if he made one or two mistakes.This is his quality,that he made Verkotry prepares it well.
For the Dutch technician, who took the opportunity to pay tribute to Jorge Sampaoli’s style, a place in the top five is “always possible” and OM’s tight schedule could be an advantage. However, Peter Boss watched the match against Feyenoord on Thursday, which “showed weaknesses” of OM.
In second place with 65 points and still in the running in the European Conference League, OM has had a better season than its opponent, at least more regularly. “He was lacking a lot of things to have the same consistency as OM. We are not stable from match to match but also in the same match, referee Bosz, who remained as coach Jean-Michel Aulas for next season.. In front of OM in the first leg, this was An example of that. It was the first half for them, we had a problem pressing, and in the second half we played very well pressing in front. We would have been higher in the rankings if we were more stable.”
On February 1, at OL’s park behind closed doors due to delays following the events that occurred during the preliminary match, Xherdan Shaqiri and Moussa Dembélé allowed OL to bring down OM in the final quarter of the hour (2-1).
