Juninho failed to hide his frustration. Competitor at heart, the sports director of OL was furious at the end of the match lost in the semi-final of the Coupe de France on Wednesday (5-1). After leaving the press gallery, where he watches all of his home team's matches, Juni kicked a door in the gangways of Groupama Stadium. Bird names have also been heard.
For an hour, OL stood up to PSG. Eye to eye. But the penalty, logical, converted by Neymar, awarded by Mr. Buquet for a hand from Marçal changed everything (61st). The penalty is indisputable. The second yellow card for the Lyon defender seems more questionable. The Brazilian was very close to Cavani. It was difficult for him to completely free himself. Lyon did not digest it.
"Of course we are disappointed. We are disappointed for many things, for arbitration. We played well before Marçal was kicked out, dropped defender Rafael at the end of the match. It is not the expulsion of Marçal that bothers me, but the non-expulsion of Kurzawa just before. "
Warned, Garcia preferred to hold back in front of the press
At the final whistle of the match, Rudi Garcia rushed towards the referee. Exasperated. The Lyonnais coach took a yellow card in the case. Before refusing to argue afterwards. “I am really satisfied with what we did 11-11. Then, after the penalty and the expulsion at the same time, there is no more match. PSG does not need that to win. I have reviewed everything and I will not say anything. What I can say can be used against me. He then restrained himself. Despite several reminders.
Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes never has his tongue in his pocket. But Wednesday evening, he was content. "We will avoid talking about the penalty and the expulsion," he says. It is a very hard result for the group. We didn't deserve this. On our first half and until the red card, we did not deserve it. This elimination will not break our current dynamic. "After that, we can talk about arbitration all year round, it won't change the result," adds Rafael.
Lyon, for an hour, stood up to the event. “We keep our heads high. The group remains united. We saw him in the locker room after the meeting. It is difficult to get out this way but the group is not reached. It is solid. It was no longer the same match at ten against eleven. Especially against this PSG, "concludes Lopes. But after the turning point of the match, one less, tired by the sequence of matches (against Juve last Wednesday 1-0 and against ASSE Sunday 2-0), OL collapsed.
