Lyon coach confirms that overcoming Bayern will require "heroic action"

Lyon coach Rudi Garcia. Father

Lyon coach Rudi Garcia confirmed that his team has no limits after his sudden and resounding elimination of Manchester City from the Champions League quarter-finals yesterday, and that surpassing Bayern Munich in the golden square would require "heroic action."

Lyon outperformed Pep Guardiola's men by 3-1 in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where the competitions were completed with a mini-championship system and elimination from one match, thanks to two fatal goals for substitute Moussa Dembele in the final minutes, where the 1-1 draw remained the master of the situation until the minute. 79.

The French team's victory against the star-studded City came after it was surprisingly eliminated nine-time Italian champion Juventus in the eighth of the final.

However, the task against the Bavarian giants, on Wednesday, will be the most difficult, after the latter humiliated Barcelona by sweeping them 8-2 in the quarter-finals.

"We know who we will face next," Garcia said. "We have eliminated Juventus, who was one of the favorites to win the Champions League, and Manchester City, who was also a candidate."

The former Marseille and Roma coach added: "It will be the same for Bayern, but based on what the players have shown, we can logically hope to skip another role, and this is what we will prepare for."

Lyon finished seventh in the domestic league, which is a disappointing result for the second richest club in France (after Paris Saint-Germain), so winning the Champions League is his only and last hope to compete in Europe next season.

Lyon reached continental competitions in all the previous 23 seasons, but it never exceeded the semi-finals of the Champions League, and paradoxically, the last time it reached this role was also in front of Bayern in 2010, except that he lost.

"Confidence is growing in the team, but we will not be the candidates to win, and once again it will take us heroic action to qualify," said Garcia, who was appointed to head Lyon's coaching staff last October.

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