At Parc OL,
The score is sometimes misleading. In front of an attractive and sometimes domineering OL, the Parisians had to wait the last half hour to make the difference, against Lyonnais then reduced to ten. Winners at Parc OL, Thomas Tuchel's men will return to Stade de France on April 25 where they will try to wash away the affront of last year.
OL have long been tied with PSG
We had seen a first glimpse against Juventus and ASSE. It is now confirmed: the current OL is transformed and has nothing to do with the moribund team of the past few months. During a splendid 1st half, where the two teams went back to back, the Gones held the dragee high to Parisians. They were the first to strike, with a flat from Terrier's foot (1-0, 11th), following a fine pass behind Toko-Ekambi. And even after the equalization of Mbappé (1-1, 14th), the Lyonnais could have regained the advantage thanks to the same Terrier, who opened the way to the goal but came up against Navas.
Penalty and expulsion, the turning point of the 60th minute
The 2nd period resumed on the same bases, with a ball going from one camp to another and an OL still as sharp. Triangle play, combinations with a touch of the ball, reversals… Rudi Garcia's men have multiplied the class actions, like two missed finishes by Dubois, after great collective sequences. But in the 60th, a failed control by Cavani sent the ball to Marçal's hand. No hesitation for the referee: penalty and second yellow synonymous with expulsion for the side. Neymar was not asked to give the advantage to PSG.
Mbappé makes the difference but PSG does not really reassure
Kylian Mbappé, very legs this Wednesday, hurt the Lyon defense, once OL outnumbered. Involved on four of the five Parisian goals, the French international first opened the score in fox from the surfaces, taking a head from Kurzawa on corner, before being at the origin of the action of the penalty, then score the third goal on a personal achievement. Leaving his camp, he wiped out the entire Rhône defense with hooks and feigned bodies, before beating Lopes with a sharp family. Sarabia (1-4, 82nd), then Mbappé (1-5, 92nd) then gave the Parisian success an undeserved scale. But the defense and the middle of the PSG have not really reassured, far from it, and it will undoubtedly be necessary to show something else to overthrow Borussia Dortmund in the knockout stages of LDC return.
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