Metz lost 1-2 to Lyon in the 23rd day of Ligue 1 on Friday. The defeat was Metz's 14th since the start of the season in the championship.

The Grenats have 17 points, five less than Nantes, 16th and currently play-off. The West stand had already carried out an encouragement strike during the first quarter of an hour of the match. László Bölöni said, on the maintenance of FC Metz: “Nothing is impossible ”.