Anthony Lopes savored the OL feat against Juventus by Cristiano Ronaldo (1-0). He sees it as a benchmark match. But not an end in itself as much as it will be necessary to hold in Turin on the return.
OL surprised everyone with this prestigious victory…
ANTHONY LOPES. It's a real great collective performance. The team is really capable of producing this kind of performance. We needed a benchmark match. We have it. Now don't stop there. Conceding a goal at home would have put us in difficulty before the return. Here we have hope. Lucas (Tousart) also scored an extraordinary goal. He chooses his matches to do so. He scored in Barcelona last year, he scores against Juve (laughs).
How did you manage to thwart this Juve?
The coach's game plan (Rudi Garcia) was decisive. We wanted to prevent Dybala and Cristiano Ronaldo in particular from turning around, gaining speed and worrying. Everyone made a pretty incredible match. We are able to reproduce this kind of performance more often. I'm convinced.
A new big European match in a molten @GroupamaStadium! 🔥🔥 # OLJuve pic.twitter.com/5wqRCEUpkW
- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) February 26, 2020A real collective seems to have emerged from this group…
It is the victory of an entire group. We suffered in the second half but we didn't give up. With the contribution of our audience, we transcended. We managed to hold out until the end. Afterwards, it's good to have won. But we are competitors. We are only halfway through this double confrontation. You shouldn't ignite. We are quite lucid about what we managed to do. But the hard part remains to be done. We were very solid. If we can continue to avoid that I have a maximum of job, so much the better (smile). It suits me perfectly.
Finally, OL also dropped in the game ...
It feels good. We knew we were capable of it. Still it had to be done. It proves that we can produce this kind of performance. I liked seeing OL having the ball in the 1st half, being dangerous. It is a pleasure. But we should not stop there. It's good to beat Juve, but we still have many other deadlines.
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