The quarter-final return from the Europa League between Manchester United and Olympique Lyonnais (5-4), Thursday evening at Old Trafford, has entered the history of European football forever! For the first time, five goals were scored in overtime. And too bad, it is not to the advantage of OL …
It must be said that the meeting was crazy between the two teams. Led 2-0, a week after the zero result at the Groupama Stadium (2-2), the Lyonnais managed to tear the equalization in regulation time (2-2).
In overtime, the Gones marked twice (2-4), thanks to Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette, before the Reds Devils come to equalize and resume the advantage on their Old Trafford lawn (5-4) in the last minutes. End of the dream for Lyonnais who see Manchester United spin in the last square.
Regrets for OL
Lyonnais can have regrets. While they were not far from the feat, the players seemed to have had a moment of absence allowing the Mancunians to score three goals in seven minutes.
At the end of the meeting, the coach of Olympique Lyonnais, Paulo Fonseca admitted that his team lacked concentration in the last minutes: ” It's hard to explain. A mix of emotions because the players did great things after taking both goals. Having the ability to change at 4-2 with one less player was magnificent. I am very happy with them. But I'm sorry because I think we thought the result was done. Must continue to be concentrated. They had the penalty, then lacked mental energy. I think he missed a little emotional balance. I am sad because we deserved more. We did magnificent things with the quality of our players. We have to learn from this moment because we have to stay focused until the last minute. »»
Fourth in Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais must now give everything in the championship to hope for a qualification in the Champions League next season.
