An elimination of Olympique Lyonnais without demerit. This is what Europe will remember from Lyon's semi-final against Bayern Munich on Wednesday night (3-0). Even if the score is final, the press is indulgent with the men of Rudi Garcia the day after the end of their European career. In France, L'Equipe , title on the "Return to earth of OL" which "missed too many huge opportunities to worry the big favorite of the C1." The sports daily also looks back on the regrets of the start of the match and the three clear opportunities missed by the Gones, while saluting the fine performance of Houssem Aouar, the young midfielder who "gave life to the hope of a return of OL in the second period ”.
For Progress , which had called its players to roar together Wednesday, the Lyonnais come out "with their heads held high". The digital edition of the regional daily even believes that the team "missed its chance" at the start of the match, even if "logic prevailed".
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Same story in the columns of Figaro , which underlines OL's “regrets” while acknowledging that “the march was too high”. Finally, the Parisian does not linger as such on the OL match, preferring to plan on the final of Paris SG against the Bavarians who "made short work" of the French representative. Sunday.
The German press focuses especially on the capital performance of Serge Gnabry, praised by Die Welt and "best player of the semi-final." The qualification of Bayern is logical and the German press is already anticipating the shock against Paris SG and the reunion against Tuchel. Bild also celebrates the performance of Serge Gnabry and the "gnabry-show" in Lisbon. Kicker does not dwell on OL either, preferring to congratulate the Bavarian striker while worrying about "some mistakes" from Bayern Munich during the meeting and "the opportunities left" to Lyon which "made life difficult »To the Munich giant at the start of the meeting.
In Spain, AS emphasizes the performance of Bayern without surprise while regretting the "lack of shooting skills of OL" deemed "good opponent." "The two great opportunities missed by OL in fifteen minutes, if you miss that against Bayern ...", describes Marca who notes "the recital" of Neuer in Portugal.
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In Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport gives its two best scores of the match on the Lyon side to Lopes and Caqueret but points to the waste of Toko-Ekambi. Garcia "can complain about missed opportunities at the start of the match," said the daily transalpine. SkySports for its part attributes a 7 out of 10 to the OL goalkeeper and the same to Aouar, stressing that “the night could have been different” if Depay had not been clumsy against Neurer at the start of the match. Finally, the BBC considers that Lyon had "quite simply not the capacity" to counter this Bayern Munich there.
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