“Win also at Geoffroy-Guichard”

Winner of this 125th derby, Corentin Tolisso spoke in the mixed zone after the match, he has already arranged to meet the Stéphanois for the return match, at Geoffroy-Guichard.

At the end of the match, the Lyon midfielder, Corentin Tolisso returned to his team's victory against the Greens “We managed to win, if everything was not perfect today, we retain the victory, a derby cannot be played, it must be won. It's a vague phrase, but it's true, we also note a good operation in the ranking, we move up a little and we catch up with those in front. It wasn't just complicated at the end of the match but over a whole part of the second half, but that's also what we failed to do at Hoffeinhem, so to be able to hold on this evening is a good thing. This shows that the group has character and personality, we managed to hold on in complicated times.”

He also discusses the goal scored by Alexandre Lacazette, in which he himself was involved : “I didn't really see the goal because I was on the ground (laughs), I saw it again on the videos, my intention was to shoot, it turned into a pass, I'm happy for Alex who scores, This will do him good, it was a good evening. It's a huge pleasure, especially as a Lyonnais, it has a special flavor, I really know the rivalry between Saint-Étienne and Lyon, I've known it since I was little. As a Lyon supporter, I have always experienced these matches differently and today I experience them from the inside.”

He also looks back on the 2017 defeat in the derby against the Greens where he was sent off at the end of the match (2-0) and has his head turned towards the return match which will take place in April on Geoffroy-Guichard's side: “That do for a long time (laughs), it happened, it happened, now I also hope that we will win at Geoffroy-Guichard, that would be a good thing.”