Here in the duel with Denis Bouanga, Léo Dubois did not fail to cheer up the Saint-Etienne striker at the end of the match after his missed penalty.

JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK -

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  • OL had to fight to win Sunday against their rival Saint-Etienne, surprising in the game (2-1).

  • Despite the closed session, this 121st derby did not lack spice, as evidenced by five stories potentially gone unnoticed during the evening.

  • From Rafael's glass of wine in front of his television to the photo of the OL family with Juninho as the centerpiece,

    20 Minutes

    tells you about other facets of this regional shock.

At Parc OL,

44-44, ball in the center.

OL took advantage of the 121st derby in history on Sunday to symbolically catch up with their Saint-Etienne rival in the number of successes achieved, 69 years after the first regional clash.

This exciting edition, which saw Tino Kadewere overthrow ASSE (2-1), notably experienced five episodes that went more or less unnoticed.

Rafael, "forever gone"

His nutty tackle on Yann M'Vila, followed by a legendary bad faith interview to challenge his expulsion, made Rafael enter the derby legend two years ago.

Even if he joined Basaksehir (Turkey) this summer, the Brazilian side still has a real attachment to OL, where he spent five seasons.

Sunday evening, he split on Instagram a message all in finesse related to this 121st Lyon-Sainté, accompanied by a glass of wine.

Strangely, the Lyon supporters carry it a little higher in their hearts.

#Rafael is ready for the derby 👊: pic.twitter.com/BdlbS46BlT

- Inside Gones (@InsideGones) November 8, 2020

The inscription "Go the Greens" projected… on the Parc OL

The Saint-Etienne communications agency Lightlab.io succeeded in a nice

trolling

move on

Sunday evening.

According to TL7 Loire, the Parc OL, which only welcomes staffs and journalists because of the closed session linked to Covid-19, was indeed the scene on its exterior part of a special screening, before the derby, in know a green heart and the words "Go Greens".

💚 “Go Greens!

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Screening on Groupama Stadium by a communication agency from Saint


-

Etienne https://t.co/nkfmIpzVbg 🤩

H-1 before the derby!

pic.twitter.com/IAvr6uy5iJ

- TL7 (@ tl7loire) November 8, 2020

Anthony Lopes loyal to the Bad Gones

Goalkeeper of OL in Ligue 1 for eight years, Anthony Lopes has also remained very close to the north Lyon turn, where he often went before breaking through with the professional team.

Deprived of the support of fan groups for the first time in a home derby, the Portuguese international addressed a dedication to them by holding the Bad Gones scarf as they entered the pitch on Sunday night.

This scarf was then hung on the nets of his goal.

Joël Bats, if you look at us ...

Dubois at the borders of the meme by sleeping in Bouanga

Let's put ourselves in the place of Denis Bouanga for a moment.

Already at the origin on Sunday of the goal against his camp Anthony Lopes (0-1, 40th), the Saint-Etienne striker has a huge opportunity to be forgiven for a disappointing start to the season, benefiting from a gift penalty at the end match, after a stupid hand from Jean Lucas following a failed check.

pic.twitter.com/gOTLB4RTLt

- Ultras Lyon (@UltrasLyon) November 8, 2020

But Denis Bouanga totally misses his strike in the 88th minute, which misses Lopes' goal.

As if this failure were not severe enough for the Gabonese international, he is entitled in the wake of the XXL chambering of Léo Dubois, kind of Keown (in

softer

) for van Nistelrooy, do you have the ref?

The OL supporters then go wild on Twitter with a screenshot of the mocking face of their side, which they throw at Denis Bouanga.

Juninho strikes a pose with the players

The last time we saw Juninho in such a state of euphoria was after the Champions League feat in Lisbon against Manchester City.

Called by Anthony Lopes at the end of the derby, the Lyon sporting director comes to the lawn for a collector's photo shoot in the middle of many players, just in front of the deserted north bend, only adorned with a huge banner "Fight and win ".

This victory in the Derby is for you supporters 😘🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/CweW4FUqcP

- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) November 8, 2020

At the sight of the hugs with Lopes but also Sinaly Diomandé, “Juni” remains very popular in the locker room.

"It's a nod to our supporters," said the Lyon goalkeeper about these photos taken with the former flagship player of a seven-time French champion Lyon.

A time during which the Brazilian has never known the slightest defeat against ASSE.

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