Tiago Goncalves, OL U17 striker against Saint-Priest (credit: David Hernandez)
Trailing 3-1, the OL U19s reversed the trend and won 4-3 against Dijon. This victory under the eyes of John Textor could well be the last for Jordan Gonzalez, leaving for Versailles.
There were lots of people in Meyzieu on Sunday afternoon for the U19 match ofOL. While waiting for the derby againstASSEJohn Textor took a little trip to the training center to follow the young people at the Academy. Accompanied by Matthew Louis-Jeanthe recruitment director with expanded missions, the American owner had to go through all the emotions with the U19 match against Dijon. For this match on the 11th day of Group B, the Lyonnais found the mental resources to achieve a significant success against the Burgundian club (4-3). But it was complicated! With notably Kelyan Yahiaentered at the end of the match with the reserve on Saturday, the young Lyonnais conceded a goal after a quarter of an hour of play.
Textor and Louis-Jean present at the match
Fortunately, Jordan's players Gonzalez reacted quickly with Francis' equalizer Gomezloaned this summer by Everton (17th). The joy was rather short since Lucas Ferraro (37th) and Hatem Mimoune (47th) gave Dijon a break in advance. And then the magic and the mentality of OL made the difference to the greatest pleasure of John Weaver. Within four minutes, Oliver's teammates Mvouama found a way to score three goals. First by Tiago Goncalves (57th), then the inevitable Daryll Benlahlou (59th) and Khalis Merah (61st). This victory allows OL to overtake Dijon in the standings and take 7th place. A gift to celebrate Jordan's departure Gonzalez ? According to the always very informed Borgia_OL_Académiediscussions between the coach and the FC Versailles would be close to success, less than a year after his arrival…
