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Olympique Lyonnais and Manchester United left on a parity score in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League, this Thursday (2-2).
There was electricity in the air this Thursday at Groupama Stadium. Olympique Lyonnais welcomed Manchester United for a gala poster awakening some sweet memories of the Benzema era. But the tension was climbed before kick -off, when Andana, the Mancunian porter, had repeated with assurance that his team was “Much better than OL”.
The mental spring of Lyonnais was therefore obvious. And it resulted in a very conquering attitude. Articulated around the Tolisso-Cherka-Almada-Mikautdaze quartet, the formation of Paulo Fonseca made a consistent copy, clearly looking at his opponent in the eyes.
OL-MU: A very tense pre-match.
After a rather convincing start to the match, the Gones were rewarded before half an hour of play by Thiago Almada. The rolled free kick of the Argentinian playmaker was not affected, and ended up surprising André Onana, guilty of an error of appreciation on the rebound (1-0, 25th). A fact of play which lent to smile in view of the context, after the trash-talking of the Cameroonian goalkeeper.
OL hung on
The fact remains that Manchester United has individuals impactful enough to remain threatening. In difficulty in the game, the men of Ruben Amorim found the resources to also retort on a stopped kick. A free kick by Bruno Fernandes generated a confused situation, before a new center taken from the head by the former Lille Yoro (1-1, 45th).
This goal collected just before the break was to prick the Lyonnais in their pride. But it was first the Mancunians who returned the high speed in the second period. Dangerous on stopped kicks and fast attacks, Amorim's men cooled the Groupama Stadium by Zirkee two minutes from the end of regulation time (1-2, 88th). But this OL has marrow, and in stoppages, Cherki logically gave the two teams tied of an opportunistic goal (2-2, 90th+5). Lyon is still alive. Everything will be played in Old Trafford in a week.
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