“We are somewhat in the same dynamic with Lens… if we can talk about dynamics! We will say that we are rather in the same state“. Coacha team that has only won twice in the last eight days of Ligue 1, Christophe Galtier sees this trip to Lens this Sunday as an opportunity to regain color against the Sang et Or who are also suffering. Three victories in nine days for the Lensois and a plummeting ranking. Tenth in Ligue 1 before this 31st day, Franck Haise’s players are seven points behind the Aiglons, fifth.
Nothing is decided therefore and if the Gym is guaranteed to remain in the top 5 at the end of this day, it is better to restart the machine to avoid giving up on the podium and starting to look seriously in the retro .
“Gouiri should not play as a winger but as a playmaker.”
“I wouldn’t say that there was an excess of confidence after the victories against Marseille or Paris. Rather of tension,” corrected the coach at a press conference this Friday. “But of course I was unhappy with the contribution of the substitutes against Rennes. Except Lemina. It’s not a mentality problem, but they need to do more. We must find binder and complicity in attack especially“.
With only three goals in the last eight days, the Gym is chasing its offensive efficiency. Galtier will therefore persevere with his quartet in front. “Gouiri must join this position on the left. Not like a winger but like a playmaker. He needs to be more mobile.” Mute for eight days, Gouiri is indeed going through a low period in Ligue 1.
Two more absent in Lens
“All attackers go through these times,” commented Andy Delort this Friday. “I myself have known this season. But I don’t worry about him. We want to regain confidence.” For this trip to Bollaert (5:05 p.m.) the Gym will be a new deprived of Alexis Claude-Maurice (season ended) and Morgan Schneiderlin (calf).
RC Lens – OGC Nice: pre-match from 4.30 p.m. on Sunday on France Bleu Azur