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Lyon comes back from nowhere
The turbulent week behind the scenes (injury of Léo Berdeu, tensions between the group and the coach) weighed considerably in Lyon's heads at the beginning of the game. But in the second half, LOU came out of its den. Led by 28 points, the Rhodaniens scored, in the space of 20 minutes, three tries by Romain Taofifenua, Thibaut Regard and Beka Saghindaze. Baptiste Couilloud's teammates dominated almost the entire second and period and could have scored one more try if Veredamu had not gone into touch on a Kylan Hamdaoui save... Except that the former French septist of Fijian origin went to Dame a few minutes later. In character, Lyon have reacted and are in a good position to be part of the qualifiers.
The Lyon bench changed the match
Baptiste Couilloud speech with lemons certainly woke up his family. But the coaching of Xavier Garbajosa and his staff has also changed everything. Sopoaga, despite an easy failure against the poles, brought dynamism and allowed Lyon to win a draw. Josua Tuisova also stepped on everyone with devastating charges and put his team back in the lead. Fotuaika, Mayanavanua and Sobela also brought a lot of power.
Coville sees double
The scrum-half will leave the capital to join Provence Rugby in Pro D2 next season. And made it known, in an interview with Midi Olympique, that he had not appreciated the treatment given by its leaders. Despite an average match last weekend in Clermont and a complicated start to the match against Lyon, the 20 U2018 world champion scored a first try on a Dakuwaqa serve (10th). At the end of the first period, Coville followed a kick to follow from Hamdaoui to score a double (37th). He also tried to animate, like this penalty played quickly that Macalou could not recover. Nevertheless, the Breton would probably have preferred a better outcome...
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Paris scuttles
It's 23pm, Paris is dying. After leading by 28 points and having the best first period of their season, the Parisians had a catastrophic second half. And yet, thanks to a penalty from Segonds a minute from the end of the match, the Pink Soldiers thought they had done the hardest. But the bad choices at the end of the game and the indiscipline benefited the Lyonnais.
... And puts himself under pressure
The men of the capital had the opportunity to take a few points gap on Racing 92 with one day to go. And could especially return to five points of the second La Rochelle, before a decisive meeting against the Maritimes precisely on May 28. A victory with the offensive bonus in La Rochelle could propel Sekou Macalou's teammates into the direct semifinals. But with this draw, Paris will have to secure its 3rd place or 4th place, synonymous with a play-off at home in both cases. But beware UBB (5th) is only three points behind Racing and Stade Français...