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While led 4-2 in the 113rd minute and had one foot in the Europa League semi-finals, the Lyonnais collected three goals in eight minutes in the second period of overtime, this Thursday evening against Manchester United (5-4, 7-6 cumulative).
The famous theater of dreams suddenly turned into a nightmare. It was here, in the fury of a stadium boosted by the incredible scenario which was written before its eyes, that OL ended up returning arms to Manchester United after an insane evening (5-4 AD, 7-6 in cumulative).
>> Relive Manchester United-OL (5-4 AD, 7-6 cumulative)
Two goals in advance until the 113rd minute
Grisée by their two goals scored in six minutes between the 71st and the 77th, two achievements that made it possible to reset the counters to zero after a missed match start (2-0 to the 45th) and to send everyone in overtime, the Lyonnais thought they had nevertheless achieved the perfect blow. At 10 against 11 after the exclusion of Corentin Tolisso at the end of regulation time (89th), the men of Paulo Fonseca struck the first in overtime. First by Rayan Cherki, author of an unstoppable strike at the entrance to the surface (3-2, 104th). Then thanks to Alexandre Lacazette, who did not tremble when transforming a penalty obtained by Malick Fofana (4-2, 110th).
At that time, OL is two goals ahead of the whole confrontation and touches the last square. But the machine has stopped. In inferiority and on a defensively thread, the Lyonnais saw the Mancunian waves swept on the goal of Lucas Perri. In the 114th, Bruno Fernandes gave hope to the whole stadium on a penalty obtained by Casemiro following a fault by Thiago Almada (3-2). Faced with unleashed Mancunians, OL will crack again on a strike of Mainoo in the small opposite net of Perri (4-2, 120th).
Tolisso: “We may have thought it was done”
The two teams are then tied on the two confrontations and take the direction of the shots on goal. But less than a minute 30 after the goal of Mainoo, Harry Maguire, in a position of n ° 9, crucifies OL with a goal of the head within six meters. Old Trafford capsizes and the unthinkable has just been realized, with three goals conceded in seven minutes to definitively bury Olympique Lyonnais in this Europa League.
“It's hard to speak … It's complicated, we went through a lot of emotions,” said Corentin Tolisso at the microphone of Canal+ after this crazy meeting. “When we put the two goals in overtime, I was in the stands, I was super proud. It was 10 minutes left, we may have said that it was done, but in football, and we saw it tonight, it is never done. After these three goals at the same time 10 minutes, I do not lie that it's complicated, it hurts.” A feeling that risks crossing all the Lyon supporters this Friday morning.
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