Lyon – Nice: Lucien Favre under tension: “There are lots of things I don’t want to talk about”

For many players in Ligue 1, this (long) international break will allow the body and mind to rest. For others, much less. Starting with the coaches who did not convince their management during the first part of the season. Lucien Favre is one of them. And obviously, he is well aware of it.

Arrived last summer to succeed Christophe Galtier when the men in charge of the INEOS project would have preferred to install Mauricio Pochettino, the Swiss technician experienced the start of his second term on the somewhat agitated Nice bench. The 65-year-old coach quickly found himself in the hot seat.

For him, the truce, which began Friday evening for the OGCN, after the draw conceded in Lyon (1-1), also marks the beginning of a new period of danger. Because for the management of the Aiglons, it is also the best time to replace him with a coach who will have plenty of time to take charge of his group.

This is why Favre seemed frankly annoyed when discussing his situation, when his team had lost only one of their last ten matches in all competitions. “What does your question mean?he first dropped at the microphone of Prime Video. There are lots of things to say that I don’t want to talk about. I told you and I’ll say it again so that it definitely gets into your brain: we have a two-year project to play in the Champions League and compete with Paris Saint-Germain. Two years is not four months.”

This last sentence seemed addressed to the journalists as much as to its management. “There’s workhe added. In all. And then it must be said that… we are missing something. I have nothing else to tell you.” Then he left the set, unsure he could contain himself any longer.

Favre has the support of his players

This is not the first time that Favre has sent subliminal messages to his management. A few weeks ago, the former Borussia Dortmund coach suggested that he had no say in the arrival of several recruits, including that of Ross Barkley. “I was told it’s an 8“, he had commented when discussing his profile.

If the tension is therefore still palpable, the Gym technician can at least count on the support of his players. Dante, his captain, gladly stepped up to the microphone of the broadcaster on Friday evening: “I hope they [les dirigeants] don’t make a hasty decision…“.