Lyon (AFP)
Lyon, which had not played for three weeks, won on the wire (20-19) Sunday night in its Gerland stadium, against a combative French Stadium and anxious to pay tribute to its former icon Christophe Dominici.
For this closing match of the 10th day of Top 14, the Lou seemed to lack rhythm and suffered to win against Parisians who remained on three consecutive victories.
Thanks to this success, Lyon brought their undefeated streak to six to six and moved up to sixth place in the standings.
He is tied on points (24) with his host (7th), who for a long time believed he could come away with victory and must be satisfied with the defensive bonus point.
Between failed penalties (Doussain 36th, Wisniewski 66th), two clear test opportunities harvested by Toby Arnold (32nd) and Patricio Fernandez (47th) and offensives stopped by dominant Parisians in the ground game (65th, 68th, 71st ), Lou suffered for a long time.
It took a last offensive finally under control to see the international right pillar Demba Bamba, just released by the selection, register the only Lyon try, that of victory (20-19, 75th).
The player had already stood out in the first period, by putting to death the Parisian left pillar, the former Lyonnais Sami Mavinga.
This melee domination had allowed the Lyonnais to stay in touch at the break, despite a heckled touch and hazardous camp exits.
But despite many errors, such as a poor defensive placement on the test of Hamdaoui (20th) or a forward on a candle before the drop of Segonds (61st), the Lyonnais had the merit of not giving up to win a happy victory.
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