Orban's lunar apology after a controversial message

It's a funny controversy that Gift Orban, the Nigerian striker from Lyon, faced this Sunday. Pierre Sage, for this meeting, had decided to leave out the scorer in the same way as Maxence Caqueret. A strong choice which gives even more resonance to Orban's message. The latter, on Instagram, enraged the supporters by commenting on a photo of Sinaly Diomandé, scorer this Sunday in Auxerre's draw against OL (2-2).

Orban's banking justification

While the former Gone fell out with his club which sidelined him, Orban commented with a “Top” with a few flame emojis on the photo of Diomandé's goal. A proper mistake which subsequently prompted the player to apologize via an Instagram story. With an argument that is surprising to say the least. “Excuse me OL fans, it was by mistake that I made this comment. It's to encourage my friend, I didn't even see that it was the photo of our match. We work hard every day to win matches and trophies for OL. I’m sorry thank you,” Orban posted. Not enough to convince very skeptical Lyon supporters…

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