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Of our special envoy to Manchester,
If you are a cardiologist and you still hesitate on the city where to install your office, immediately go to Lyon side. After the terrible evening experienced by OL in Old Trafford, where the Gones passed very close to a resounding feat before sinking into the abyss of an Express with English, we are certain that several Lyon supporters will make an appointment with a specialist in heart disease to make a check-up, in case.
OL followers went through all the emotions on Thursday evening. Frustration, first, seeing their little protégés doing anything and being completely overwhelmed by Red Devils determined to press their fork where it hurts (2-0 at halftime). Surprise and hope, then, with the return of the dead thanks to Tolisso and Lacazette before the pompom on the Rhône, the extension.
In inferiority, they nevertheless managed to put the Mancunians there underwater and take two goals in advance (Cherki and again Lacazette), before the players of Ruben Amorim decided not to finish drowned: three goals in six minutes (Bruno Fernandes, Mainoo and Maguire) to capsize the 2,500 fans of OL present in the theater of the Dreams and absolute.
“The craziest match of my career”
“After such scenarios, we love football even more,” assured Moussa Niakhaté in a mixing zone, still stunned with such a cruel outcome. It is the beauty of football. Unfortunately, today is against us. I think if you ask Mancunians, they will be very happy. Harry Maguire, the last scorer of this orgy of emotions, was indeed on a cloud and did not remember having already lived such a staging.
“It was a crazy match, the craziest match I played in my entire career, to be honest,” said the central defender. A meeting full of emotions. And if that wasn't that, finally, the goal of football? To make us go through extreme sensations, in joy as in sadness, which allows us to better appreciate the value of a good result.
Living a unique moment that we may remember all our lives. And for that, French clubs have spoiled us this year in the European Cup. Latest example, before Lyon, with PSG, who decidedly likes to play with the heart of his supporters. Why then qualify easily in front of a team deemed to be less strong? You might as well take goals and bring to life last twenty minutes of ultimate suffering to his fans against Aston Villa.
Trance state
It also works in the opposite direction. When, as in front of Manchester City, when nobody believes in it after having conceded two goals, you put the record straight and switch the meeting in the irrational, embarking on you a whole stadium. This week had to be seen this week that it was at Villa Park or Old Trafford, however not renowned for its atmosphere, the state of trance in which certain supporters were.
“If you see the goals of Mainoo and Maguire, the sound of the stadium was the best that I have never heard,” said Ruben Amorim, the coach of Mu on TNT Sports. Many people want to keep lots of things like jerseys. I just want to keep this sound, it's the best sound in the world. In Brest, who played the Champions League for the first time, we may remember the crazy emotion after the equalizing goal of Pierre Lees-Melou against Bayer Leverkusen. In Lille, we still have to think about success against Real or Atletico de Madrid.
“This is why we do this job, to share such strong emotions with all the people around us,” confided Bruno Genesio, the LOSC coach after his victory against the Merengue. This is what will stay with us. The points are anecdotal. What is important is what I saw when the players celebrated our goal, what we shared in the cloakroom all together. »»
“One of my best moments at OL”
We also come back in mind the final of the 2022 World Cup where the French team, below everything for (too) long, had turned the country into the most total madness thanks to Kylian Mbappé. With this unique impression that, despite the defeat, often accompanied by regrets and disappointment, there was a little music that came back in mind telling us: we were there, we saw it.
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So, this Friday, the awakening is surely very difficult for the Lyon supporters, especially for those who took advantage of English beer, but they will be able to tell this rocambolesque end of the entourage. “At 3-2, 4-2, I think it was one of my best moments at Olympique Lyonnais to see the public on fire like that and sing in unison,” said Corentin Tolisso. We failed to give them what they deserved. France of football, emotion, passion. And the rest, they will get it.
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