In the Europa League, OL faces PSG again

This Thursday evening in the Europa League, OL travel to Qarabag. The opportunity for Yassine Benzia to return to his old training.

OL are doing more than well for the moment in the Europa League. Les Gones will have the opportunity to take a big step towards qualification by beating Qarabag this Thursday evening. This will not be easy. Long trip, capricious weather, team difficult to identify, the trap seems enormous for the formation of Pierre Sage. Qarabag also has quality and well-known Ligue 1 players in its ranks, such as Yassine Benzia. The former LOSC, trained at OL, will therefore return to his former training. Obviously a special meeting for him.

Qarabag is the PSG of Azerbaijan

During an interview with Progress which allows him to return to the forefront in France, Benzia said more about his team and his state of mind before playing OL. “I was in front of the TV for the draw and I wanted a French team. It fell to OL, which was even better. Facing your training club is special. I'm going to see Coco (Tolisso), Alex (Lacazette), the steward Jérôme (Renaud), the physiotherapist Abdel (Redissi). (…) The club is based in Baku due to the geopolitical context, like most other clubs. We are the ogre, the PSG of Azerbaijan, but with a small budget. The championship is at a high level in the Ligue 2 table, with one or two teams who would do well in Ligue 1. notably indicated the attacking midfielder, who never lost when he faced OL during his time at Lille. To make matters worse for the Gones, he had planted a double at the Groupama Stadium during a 2-1 victory for the Mastiffs on January 28, 2017. Lyon will therefore have to closely monitor Yassine Benzia, even if the Franco-Algerian has necessarily lost the rhythm of the highest level with the matches in the Azerbaijani championship.