Another feat for OL? After Juve and City say hello to Bayern

From our special correspondent in Lisbon,

After the monumental beating inflicted by Bayern Munich on FC Barcelona on Friday night, we had fun asking ourselves a real false dilemma: was not it better to bow honorably against Manchester City rather than to qualify and then to be crushed by the ruthless Bavarian machine? And we came to the conclusion that losing the penalties as in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue would have been a good way to evade his duty as a semi-finalist while obtaining the compliments of the class council. Fortunately for their supporters, the Lyonnais are less cowardly than us. They chose to send the English to go and challenge the late-game boss in the semi-finals. Better, they are definitely not afraid. Anthology of post-match declines:

Rudi Garcia: “If we display this state of mind, we have our chances in the semi-finals. "

Maxwel Cornet: “We are riding our bump, this evening it was successful for us. We know the power of Bayern, it will be a very complicated game that we will have to play with envy, as we did tonight. "

Jean-Michel Aulas: “We are going to fall against the favorite of this competition but it is a pleasure to come back to Lisbon on Wednesday. "

OL will not necessarily be crushed by Bayern

An enthusiasm that is a pleasure to see but be careful all the same, with this Bayern which remains on 839 victories in a row we go very quickly from dream to nightmare. But hey, given that it is time for celebration and enthusiasm, let's find some reasons to believe that Lyon has a chance to make it on Wednesday or at least to leave the Luz other than in a state of advanced decomposition like Barça.

The easy thought would be that Barcelona are stronger than Lyon because Messi, because Suarez, because Ter Stegen, etc. On paper, the team is not as impressive as it was at its peak, but still passes. The other, more nuanced scheme of thought takes into consideration the fact that the Catalan locker room has completely let go of poor Quique Setien in mondovision in a cruel 4K rehabilitation of Titanic where Kate Winslet also dies, which inevitably turns her into a mediocre team. .

Appetite comes with eating

In short, let's not be afraid to say that OL are better because in another dynamic. Physical, because his plan to get back into shape at the beginning of June has paid off and is human, because the group is united. And that extends beyond the players. Jean-Michel Aulas, after the victory against Manchester City: “Bravo to Rudi, bravo to Juni, who knew how to remain in the shade the instigator of the win, of this solidarity. "A little sentence that confirms what has been said around OL lately, namely that Juninho has finally found his place in the club and that Rudi Garcia manages to convey his ideas to the players by relying on relays in the locker room like Depay, Lopes and Aouar.

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The French technician sees “similarities” between the energy that emanates from his group which “is gaining in confidence” and that of OM the year he reached the final of the Europa League. "But this time it's the Champions League," he calms down, before letting go a little anyway. “We don't set limits. I hope we will be able to go to the final. Appetite comes with eating. We will have to do another feat, but when we are in the last four of the Champions League, we can say that we deserve it. I hope that the adage "never two without three" will come true, because we need a new feat. "

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