Olympique Lyonnais had to fail when the RC Lens came to the Groupama Stadium on Sunday afternoon, on behalf of the 32nd day of Ligue 1.. The men of Paulo Fonseca collapsed at the worst moment, two matches from the end, bowing in front of their audience (1-2), in a pouring rain.
The hard blow is enormous in the race for qualification in the Champions League, since the Gones are now 7th behind Monaco, OM, Nice, Strasbourg and Lille. They are four points from the qualifying podium directly for the C1, before playing in the principality next Saturday, during the penultimate day of the championship.
The Lensois of Will Still, installed in the soft belly in the ranking and who no longer play anything, have made it perfect. First by opening the scoring in the first period by the Central African scorer Goduine Koyalipou (21st), author of his third goal on the last five outings.
A golazo to kill OL!
Lyon pushed throughout the meeting but stumbled a few times on the opposing goalkeeper, Matt Ryan, before equalizing by Georges Mikautadze on a center of Clinton Mata (79th). The Lyon public hoped to push until the end for a victory, but Anass Zaroury had all the freedom to move forward in the Rhodanian camp to send a magnificent strike with the purpose of Lucas Perri (85th).
“Mandatory victory, this match will have to be prepared for Monaco which will also be complicated and take the three points. We had to win, we failed to do it, it was complicated today, you have to put your ideas in place and go win in Monaco ”reacted the Georgian international after the meeting on BeIN Sports 1.
