Gerard Houllier
Gerard Houllier
Gérard Houllier OBE, is a French football manager. His past clubs include Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens and Liverpool, with whom he won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001. He then guided Olympique Lyonnais to two French titles, before announcing his resignation on 25 May 2007. He became manager of Aston Villa in September 2010, before stepping down in June 2011 following frequent hospitalisation over heart problems. He also coached the French national team between 1992 and...
cup french motivated since win won
We're very motivated to win it. We have not won the French Cup since 1973.
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I won't pretend it's not a blow for us. But to win the Champions League, sometimes you have to play without your stars.
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I am confident we will win the title.
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Lyon's biggest rival is Lyon itself. We need to stay vigilant. Our ambition is to win the treble.
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It's a pity because I think we deserved to win but sometimes you win matches you really shouldn't have. We had about 34 shots on goal but that's football.
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It's a record for the club and also a part of history. This has a special connotation this season because there has been a lot of pressure on the players and the staff. Here, we all win together.
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We deserved to win this match. Even though Real Madrid had a lot of possession in the second half, we were able to conserve the score. It's a good start for us and for the fans.
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This win is very important as both sides won their first match and I said that whoever won here would take a great step towards qualification,
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You have the best 16 teams in Europe here and really they're the cream. If it hadn't been for a late winner from the Czech Republic last night no side would be on six points from two games.
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There was a lot of pressure on me and on the team to win this match. I am proud to say that Lyon is once again one of the best eight teams in Europe, as it has been for three years.
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Patrick was top of our priority list for the winter transfer window.
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We've been very affected by this defeat, we've been a bit depressed but now we must win the league and the Cup.
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To me, the team is more important than any individual member of the squad, and the players have to realise that and accept that my priority is to pick a side with the best possible chance of winning each match.
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I can't be too disappointed because we played well, maybe better than our opponent. We created more scoring occasions than Milan but we didn't know how to take advantage. It all happened in the last few minutes. We had the win in our pocket.