• Eliminated four days earlier in the Coupe de France by AS Monaco (0-2), OL experienced a new disillusionment on Sunday in Ligue 1, losing (2-3) against the Lille leader.

  • Despite two goals ahead just before the break, the Lyonnais (4th) collapsed, as often this season, and find themselves dropped six points from Losc and four lengths from AS Monaco (3rd).

  • "We let Lille regain confidence in this match, I don't want to find an excuse," said Brazilian defender Marcelo, sounded like all OL on Sunday night.

At Parc OL,

An autumn champion on the mat. Regularly guilty of air holes in its matches, like the points lost against Brest (2-2) or Marseille (1-1), OL (4th) pushed its fault to the point of caricature, by losing (2-3) Sunday in a decisive match during which he had two goals in advance against a direct competitor, the Lille leader. This is the first time in nine years that Lyon have lost in Ligue 1 after leading 2-0, and it comes at the worst possible time.

"It is certain that it is a little recurring, admits Lyon assistant coach Claude Fichaux, sent by the club to a press conference due to the suspension of Rudi Garcia.

We are struggling to link two very high level halves.

We have not yet found the key to playing a full game.

Of course, we had a quarter of the Coupe de France on Wednesday, played with ten in the second period [0-2 against Monaco], but it's not just that.

We did everything to lead 2-0 against the leader of Ligue 1, and we must at least be able to defend much better in the second period.

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Lucas Paqueta groggy after his meatball

Then in a hurry in all directions, the partners of Memphis Depay also offered the doublet Buralk Yilmaz-Jonathan David a gold equalizer ball, via a back pass from Lucas Paqueta poorly adjusted (2-2, 59th).

“What is just annoying is that it is a player who plays forward 99% of the time, notes Claude Fichaux.

The only time he played backwards, we were unfortunately punished.

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Rudi Garcia in turn punished him in the wake by replacing him five minutes later.

As often, the choices of the coach of OL are questionable on this meeting, whether for Lucas Paqueta, groggy after his premature exit following his ball, for Maxence Caqueret, once again replaced during the game. despite his first XXL period (79th), or for Rayan Cherki, remained on the bench throughout the meeting.

New tile with Jason Denayer

If Claude Fichaux considers the players "physically fresh", the evil seems to be there also recurring, and very problematic in a season with one match per week because without European Cup.

For the 13th time this season in Ligue 1, the international side Léo Dubois, for example, had to be replaced for physical reasons before the end of the match.

As for Houssem Aouar, in delicacy with his adductors, he has almost disappeared from circulation for more than a month and his poor performance in Reims (1-1).

Defensive captain Jason Denayer, for his part, had to forfeit at the last minute on Sunday for pain in the arch of the foot.

Impressive as a domineering warrior in the air in the first leg, played largely 10 against 11, Djamel Benlamri this time lost a crucial head-to-head duel with Yusuf Yazici, which resulted in the winning goal of Burak Yilmaz ( 2-3, 85th).

"I don't want to find an excuse, today it wasn't the referee ..."

As Claude Fichaux evokes, the consequences are "terrible" for Lyonnais "defeated", who undoubtedly say goodbye to the Champions League for the second consecutive season, with their four points behind AS Monaco, 3rd, four games to go. Four days earlier, the frustrating elimination in the Coupe de France, against the course of the game, against AS Monaco (0-2), clearly left its mark. "We do not have the right to be brought up like that, it's frustrating," supports Maxence Caqueret at the microphone of Canal +.

“We let Lille regain confidence in this match, plague Marcelo.

It's hard to explain, I don't want to find an excuse, today it wasn't the referee [Stéphanie Frappart was criticized by Rudi Garcia on Friday]… ”Admitting that his team was“ stunned ”by the free kick of Burak Yilmaz (2-1, 45th), the Brazilian defender knows OL completely back to the wall, before the last chance trip, Sunday (9 p.m.) in Monaco.

“We cannot afford to say today that the podium is no longer achievable,” insists Claude Fichaux.

On our side, four days from the end, we can write it down without any doubts.

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