The Lyonnais congratulate here Moussa Dembélé, first scorer on Tuesday. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK - AFP

At Parc OL,

To all those fearing to be nostalgic for this brave Cup of the League in the coming months, inflict on yourself this OL-Losc expected as a breathtaking semi-final of the event on Tuesday. After a sad match (despite the 2-2), the Lyonnais won on penalties (4-3) their ticket to the Stade de France on April 4 against the winner of Reims-PSG.

A staggering level of play

Choose your nightmare match between Ligue 1 OL-Losc in December (0-1, five shots on target in total) and this semi-final. It's simple: goalkeepers Ciprian Tatarusanu and Léo Jardim touched more balls than attackers Moussa Dembélé and Victor Osimhen in the first period (15 against 12 and 11 against 10). And this without making the least decisive stop, that is to say. The palm of mediocrity goes to Lyonnais, unable to bring out a clean ball against the Lille pressing, like a Mendes-Aouar-Caqueret trio lost in the middle. Their main merit in the first act was to take advantage of a penalty offered by Gabriel from the hand and transformed by Moussa Dembélé (1-1, 17th).

Rare flashes of lightning for Sanches and Traoré

Renato Sanches launched his return to form at an astonishing midfielder position on December 3 at Parc OL. The Portuguese international confirmed on Tuesday that he could be a key man in the second half of the Lille season. Very lively, the revelation of Euro 2016 also opened the score with a nice strike from 20 meters (0-1, 12th). Lyonnais side, the rare offensive clearings also came from the right, via a Bertrand Traore in clear progress, like a spectacular scissor not framed (38th) and two other dangerous strikes (42nd and 55th).

Tatarusanu saves OL

When Lyon is back to the wall this season, Houssem Aouar can become a providential man. Inconsistent much of the match, the 21-year-old midfielder, as against Leipzig (2-2) believed to be the hero of the half by sending a superb victorious strike in money time (2-1, 85th). But after a tackle too committed by Rafael on Jonathan Bamba, the Losc snatched a penalty shootout thanks to a panenka by Loïc Rémy (2-2, 90th + 3). Ciprian Tatarusanu then played the improbable heroes by rejecting Jonathan Bamba's attempt, before Renato Sanches did not match his own (4-3). And here is the end of the boredom OL proud to find the Stade de France, six years later.

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