Winner of AJ Auxerre at the end of a controlled performance, OL perfectly managed the in-between of Manchester United. Returning to a podium point, the Lyon training lived the evening that was hoped for by all before kick -off.
When returning to the locker room at halftime, Corentin’s face Tolisso appeared marked for those in front of their television screen and not present in the parking lot of Father Deschamps. There was certainly physical wear after forty-five first minutes of good quality, but perhaps also the scenario of Strasbourg who was trotting in the head. Like two weeks ago in Alsace, theOL mastered his subject to Auxerre, when one could doubt physical freshness after Thursday’s expense against Manchester United. As at the Meinau, the Lyonnais nevertheless returned frustrated from this first act, because AJA folded, but did not break, well helped by his goalkeeper Donovan Léonauthor of two parades ahead of Alexandre Lacazette.
At 0-0 at the break, the Strasbourg spectrum logically resurfaced and in this evening which was to close perfectly this week, the supporters wondered how theOL was still going to find a way to spoil the opportunity that presented himself to him. Finally, the players retained the errors of the past and the Burgundian adversity, although attractive to see, had nothing of that of Strasbourg. The penalty obtained then transformed by Georges Micautade Barely ten minutes after returning from the locker room avoided the men of Paulo Fonseca to cogitize too much and to see doubt settle.
Individuals at the service of the collective
Even if there had been defeat in Alsace and this liquefaction in the second half, theOL It remains in the continuity of what we can see for a few weeks. In the hybrid system that is the 4-2-4 used by the Portuguese coach following the injuries of Malick Head the Ernest UNAMAHall players seem to know their role wonderfully. After Manchester, Rayan Cherki had confessed that he “Sacrified with Georges (Mikautadze) to eat the line for the good of the team”. Sunday evening, the two wingers of circumstance were much more free to move and it felt. A goal and a pass for the Georgian, a third achievement in three games for the International Espoirs. Even back from others, Thiago Almada did a shadow work in the balance of the midfield, and it is a whole collective that performed.
There were smiles at the end of the match, once the scoring has been acquired, and at the final whistle. There is something, because OL manages to overcome sports vagaries and has shown that it is a real team. Alexander Lacazette echoes a notion of “family” put forward by Fonseca And that’s what came out on Sunday evening. The celebrations on the three goals have shown the osmosis of this group, which arrives at the best of the moments with this final sprint. When the captain left it to Micautade to draw the penalty from 1-0, its elder has “True to give him the same” And it worked rather well, allowing the number 10 to finish this meeting on a good note.
The Lyonnais did not miss the check mark of the top 4 this time
Everything can go very quickly, but the Lyonnais seem sure of their strengths and qualities. They press it, trying to limit their faults as much as possible, once again appeared on the reduction of the Auxerroise score. In this last straight line, the Rhodanian formation resembles the one that has the most certainties in the game, even if we have seen that this notion was an vain with the strokes of one and the other. Only OL has finally managed to catch the pole, already ten times ten times this season, before kick -off. When the Champions League was just a sweet utopia after the defeat in Strasbourg, the “raised” started against Lille and confirmed to Auxerre Allows Corentin teammates Tolisso to integrate the top 4 and to be only one point of theWhether and two of Monaco.
We knew that traveling to the Principality would be important in this race for Europe, but May 10 could above all be decisive. To do this, it will be necessary to keep the pace. Despite the excitement around this team which does not have to fear Old Trafford on Thursday, everything remains playable in this league 1. A faux pas and everything is called into question. With a derby next Sunday, the reception of Rennes and the trip to Lens Before crossing the ASM road, the path is still winding for OL. But with this game plan, despite an Alexander Lacazetteout of inspiration, the supporters start to dream.
