After the suspense, Lyon won in the semi-finals of the League Cup against Lille by winning the series of shots on goal Tuesday at Groupama stadium (2-2, 4-3 t.a.b).
The Lyonnais thus find the Stade de France six years after their last final, already in the League Cup, which they had lost to Paris Saint-Germain (2-1). They could find PSG, which plays Wednesday in Reims its place in the final.
Back to back at the end of regulation time (2-2), the Lyonnais can say thank you to Tatarusanu. The usual lining for Anthony Lopes, who arrived this summer from Nantes at OL but who only played this event this season, was the hero of the evening. It was he who diverted Jonathan Bamba’s attempt from the start during the series of shots on goal and he had already saved his team at the end of the game on a good aerial exit in front of Victor Oshimen (77).
For the rest, Moussa Dembélé, Martin Terrier, Maxwel Cornet and Thiago Mendes all succeeded, Sanches also missing out on his side in Lille.
However, before reaching this point, Aouar, who had not delivered a great performance until then, thought he had done the hard part by giving the advantage to his team.
After having managed to escape Benjamin André to infiltrate the northern defense, he fired a floating right shot that cheated goalkeeper Leonardo Jardim (2-1.85).
But this is without taking into account the decision of referee Benoît Millot to award a penalty for a fault by Rafael on Bamba which allowed Loïc Rémy to equalize (2-2).
At the start of the game, Renato Sanches opened the scoring with a left shot after an action led by Oshimen and Jonathan Ikoné (13) before Dembélé equalized on a penalty awarded for a hand fault by Gabriel confirmed by the video (1-1, 15).
They could face the Parisian ogre again if PSG manages to win Wednesday in Reims in the other semi-final.
OL, 7th in Ligue 1, therefore confirms its good start to the year 2020 by winning its fifth victory in as many games and it therefore remains in the race on all four tables (championship, French and League and League cups). Champions, like Paris-SG.
Besides the two goals, Lyon was dangerous several times by Bertrand Traoré (42, 55, 63).
As for Lille, 5th in the league, which lost for the first time to the Groupama stadium (3 wins, 1 draw since 2016), Oshimen was in constant danger. Involved on the first goal, he also narrowly missed a shot from Ikoné (46) before being countered in-extremis by Fernando Marçal while he was preparing to score (69).
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