Director Vincent Ponsot of Olympique Lyon has increased the pressure on Peter Bosz in the run-up to the top match against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday. The Dutchman went down in the past two matches visiting FC Lorient and AS Monaco and quickly benefits from a result. According to Ponsot, more can be expected from both the players and the coaching staff. However, the duel with PSG is not decisive, he says in conversation with Le Progress.
Bosz started the season well with four wins and a draw from the first five games. In recent weeks, however, the performance has been disappointing. “He is aware of the situation,” said Ponsot. “We believe in Peter and his staff, but we are no longer in last season. We want to look at it over a longer period of time. It is a collective responsibility. Peter is the main responsible, because he is the coach. But there is more of it. everyone expects, starting with the players. We expect faster results than last year.”
Ponsot emphasizes that more is expected than in recent seasons. “If I read that we are less demanding than before, that is not true at all. Despite the result of last season (eighth place, ed.), we made an analysis and decided to continue with Peter. We still stand behind that “On the other hand, he is expected to achieve results, because we have changed a lot of things within the club in consultation with him. We are convinced that everything is there to be able to achieve success.”
According to the director, there is a lot of pressure on the match against Paris Saint-Germain, but the result is not decisive for Bosz’s stay. “We expect the team to show a reaction after the past games. They have been disappointing. Judging after the game against PSG alone would not be realistic. It is not going to be the game that turns everything upside down. As said, we are looking at it.” always over a longer period of time. We work with long and medium term objectives. That is according to the policy of the club.”
Criteria
According to Ponsot, Bosz meets two of the four criteria. “What is a good coach?”, the director wonders aloud. “I’m going to paraphrase someone by saying that a good coach is someone who gets good results, who makes his team play well, who integrates within a club and who makes players better. For us, Peter meets the last two criteria. He is good integrated into the club and is good at developing talent. On the other two criteria he has a philosophy that should allow us to play well. In those areas we expect more from him because we know he can meet all criteria .”