From our special correspondent in Lisbon,
Those who shouted German arrogance before the match against OL because of a Bild title laid by a trainee under Red Bull at the end of his life - we were talking about it here - rest assured: Lyon scared the hell out of it at Bayern Munich on Wednesday night in the Champions League semi-finals. It's worth what it's worth, namely nothing that deserves an additional entry in OL's "palmares" column, but when you consider that the Germans disintegrated FC Barcelona last week and caused a major crisis in Catalonia, the Lyonnais can rejoice in this honorary title.
For the moment, they are dabbing the shellfish, but the moment will come when the disappointment will fade to give way to pride. We can already find it in the speech of Juninho, who fully blossomed as the club's sports director during this Champions League summer. “We played against a better team than us, our game plan was good, it was respected, but to beat this kind of team you need success and efficiency. […] There is still a gap with these clubs, especially economic. But we go out with our heads held high. Now I wish PSG good luck, and I hope they show that L1 is not the league that everyone thinks. "
At 2-0, they were not serene
May Juni be reassured, not sure that at the end of this Lisbon fortnight there are still many people left to stick the farmers league label on the back of Ligue 1. And you just have to see how the people speak. Bavarians after the meeting to understand that they respect their valiant victim for pissing them off for a quarter of an hour and even more. Neuer manual :
“We encountered some difficulties and Lyon had a great match. This team was not by chance in the last four and they caused us problems on several occasions. It's a complicated formation to play. At 2-0, in my duel against (Karl) Toko Ekambi, I had to save my team, because if the Lyonnais had managed to reduce the score, it would have been difficult, but I admit I was lucky on this action. "
The Bavarians were lucky
There is a word that comes up a lot in Bayern's speech. " Luck. A common speech probably inspired by Hansi Flick, the modest victory. “They hurt us in the first phase of the game, and we held on with luck, it has to be said like that. Then Serge allowed us to lead thanks to an individual action, and that gave us a little more security. "
Embarrassed by Rudi Garcia's game plan, based on a total defensive effort by his players and a sharp speed on the counterattack, the Germans are aware of having escaped the same fate as City, with a final score in trompe-l 'eye. “3-0 is not necessarily the face of the match, but we were effective,” Kingsley Coman analyzes. An idea shared by Rudi Garcia. “The Bayern players were not serene, serene. The score is severe compared to the match. But he is what he is, and will leave his share of regrets behind. “It was an open match, with a great Bayern but not unbeatable, sighs Toko-Ekambi. We annoyed them. " It's already that. And maybe after a successful Bayern final, we will say to ourselves after the fact that it was even better than not bad. An honorary title remains a title.
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