Correspondent in Lyon
62nd minute of the OL - PSG match. The score is still 1-1 and the Lyonnais are well in their match when Monsieur Buquet designates the penalty spot. Facing him, Marçal has just touched (involuntarily?) The leather after a failed check on the lower abdomen - Edinson Cavani's thighs. Reinforced by the VAR, the referee does not hesitate. In addition to confirming the fault, he took out a second yellow card - synonymous with red - for the Brazilian. A decision misunderstood by the Lyonnais and which definitively kills this semi-final of the Coupe de France.
"I prefer not to say anything about the penalty"
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Before that, we had seen a dashing OL. Perhaps even the best technically in its series of three shocks against Juve, ASSE and therefore PSG. An OL who, despite the accumulated fatigue, had shown very beautiful things and made an average Paris waver. At ten, Lyon shattered, conceding three other goals in addition to the penalty, signed by "the lightning" Kylian Mbappé (twice) and the talented and sub-side Pablo Sarabia. A slap 1-5 at home which however did not turn Groupama Stadium against its players. On the contrary, even. It was under the loud applause of the two Kops that Anthony Lopes and his friends returned to the locker room.
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The Lyonnais await revenge on April 4 in the League Cup
OL are eliminated from the Coupe de France but OL are not slaughtered. If, in the mixed zone after the match, few stopped. This is mainly to avoid awkward statements to the attention of an arbitration experienced as an injustice. Obliged to present himself to the media, Rudi Garcia summed up the impression of the locker room: “For an hour, we undermined this team. I prefer not to say anything about the penalty. Ten against such a team, there is no more match but it will be useful for April 4 ". Lyon paid to learn but already gives an appointment in Paris for its final of the League Cup, with the hope of making the ogre falter this time: "At 11 against 11, we proved that we could to qualify, ”asserts the Lyonnais coach.
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The only player to stop in front of the media, Anthony Lopes could not hide his annoyance: "It's very hard to lose like that but it's football. The penalty, we will avoid talking about it (...) Ok, ok we take five and we finish the match with difficulty but, in view of our first half and the start of our second before the red, I think we did not deserve it. Let’s keep moving. ” Is the current dynamic damaged? "No, I don't think so," continues the Rhone keeper. Everyone really had their heads held high. We're pumped up. It is difficult to go out like that but we will fight and make a result Sunday evening (in Lille) ". The Great Danes are warned, Lyon always has the bit in the teeth.
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