LOSC, 4th in Ligue 1, "finds the reality" of the championship according to Galtier

Christophe Galtier did not hide his nervousness, Sunday, after the defeat of his team to Nice (2-0), pointing to a form of looseness of his players. Do they already see themselves too beautiful? "This lack of determination is very annoying, very annoying", denounced the coach, who had put this partly on the account of the youth of its workforce.

The LOSC fell from the podium of Ligue 1 last weekend, where he has long occupied the second place, as the dauphin of the untouchable Paris-Saint-Germain. "I want everyone to be vigilant so that the group keeps this state of mind and does not fall into a situation where we think "catastrophic", because we lost two places in the standings. The reality is that 2nd place was a funny and pleasant surprise. We are back in the real world of what will be our championship ", said Galtier this Thursday in press conference.

"It does not mean that we will not fight to stay as high as possible, I want my players not to lose the desire to play together, to fight together," he said. -he adds.

Lyon, then Montpellier

It's been since the end of October and a victory against Caen that Lille has not been successful. Elimination in the Coupe de la Ligue and a draw against Strasbourg, and two defeats in Paris and on the Côte d'Azur have halted the dynamics of the LOSC.

Saturday (17h), it's facing Lyon, fit, that the Mastiffs will try to revive at Pierre Mauroy. Lyon, new dolphin PSG. "They are on a series of invincibility long enough, since 14 or 15 games … and to have a positive result, it will be necessary to release a very great match, warns Lille coach. We're going to be dealing with an opponent of Champions League level, very high level. I'm confident … that my players will make a full match, total".

"What makes the strength of the LOSC, it is to defend well together to, after, to attack well. In the other direction, it's not our strong pointChristophe Galtier, a fundamental principle that his players will apply from Saturday, before going the next week on the lawn of Montpellier, which also benefited last weekend to double Lille in the ranking.