Arrived a year ago as sports director of Olympique Lyonnais, Juninho does not hide that it was hard for him at OL.
Returning to Lyon in June 2019, to the delight of OL supporters, Juninho did not expect to experience such a season. Even if Jean-Michel Aulas’ club can still shine in two competitions, the League Cup and the Champions League, the Lyon course did not live up to expectations in Ligue 1, even if the Championship was truncated by coronavirus. Add to that the brief stint on the OL bench from Sylvinho, which came at Juninho’s request, and you get a necessarily intense disappointment for the Brazilian. Confiding in Le Progrès, Juninho admits mistakes, but believes that this allowed him to better understand certain things in Lyon.
Coming back on all this, Juninho pleads partly guilty, but also denounces a big lack for OL. ” If there is a small regret, it is to have come alone with Sylvinho. I think I wouldn’t do it again like that. Without criticizing anyone, settling in an atmosphere where there have already been men in place for a long time, it takes a little time. The results didn’t follow and I didn’t manage to help the coach make a difference, but I got to know the players better, and it confirmed what I thought. We had a quality workforce in all positions, but a somewhat unbalanced group, which lacked leaders, and therefore ambition “Explains, in the regional daily, Juninho. Difficult to prove him wrong on this precise subject.
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