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Red Star-Lyon in the Coupe de France: how Cheikh Ndoye spoiled OL's farewell to Gerland in 2015

2021-04-08T08:17:05.089Z


The Senegalese international, leader of the Red Star locker room, scored a double for the head with Angers in December 2015 against Lyon, ad


Ligue 1 players, beware of danger ... Cheikh Ndoye likes to remember the good memories of his old playmates. And the imminence of the shock of the Red Star against the great Olympique Lyonnais, this Thursday (7 pm) at the stadium Bauer, awakens in the Senegalese international memories asleep in his memory.

At 35, the Lion is still roaring and President Aulas's club is well placed to know it.

On December 5, 2015, the captain, then “smashes” of SCO Angers, struck hard during OL's farewell to its emblematic Gerland stadium.

In two strokes of the ball, at each end of the match (17th, 81st), the slender midfielder (1.92 m; 90 kg) had spoiled the celebration of the Rhone.

“The match was sold out, Lyon had invited all of its alumni and we made history,” recalls Cheikh Ndoye.

We were outsiders and no one took us seriously.

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By his own admission, the first goal, where he gets rid of central defender Bakary Koné to place a header out of reach of goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, constitutes one of his most beautiful goals in professional.

“It’s the double that I remember most of all,” he says.

At the time we excelled on set pieces and Mangani gave me the first goal

(on a free kick)

and Ketkeophomphone the second

(on a corner)

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That evening, the captain scored his fourth and fifth and goals of the season, all scored away ... And this double had offered second place in Ligue 1 to Angers.

A feat for players and a club who were discovering the elite.

"I played against Depay, Marcelo or Aouar, nobody impresses me"

Six years later, can the Red Star, in turn, shake up the hierarchy, this Thursday, in the Coupe de France?

“We have nothing to lose and Lyon should expect to suffer,” assures the Senegalese.

I played against Depay or Marcelo and with all due respect for all these world class players, no one impresses me.

The person concerned is aware that his club is going through a bad patch in the league (only 1 victory in 7 games) since the feat in the previous round (3-2) against Lens (L1).

And he would not exchange for nothing a rise in Ligue 2 against a qualification against Lyon in the round of 16.

Whatever happens this Thursday evening, this day will be doubly decisive for him since the Angers industrial tribunal must render its judgment on the dispute between him and his former club since 2019. The player denounces the non-promise. holding a two-year contract extension and hopes to recover more than 2.5 million euros.

The decision should be reserved.

Source: leparis

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