OL or the fear of winning

To dominate is not to win. OL put a lot of heart to work, Tuesday, November 27, to confirm this maxim football. In a first period of high flight, surely their best since the beginning of the season, the Lyonnais have deployed a flamboyant game but have missed terribly efficiency in the last gesture. Against Manchester City, one of the favorites in the Champions League, the punishment was immediate.

Unfortunately, it is not devoid of consequences since this score of 2-2, having led twice, is not enough to offer the direct qualification in the round of 16. In the other match, Shakthar Donetsk's third late goal on the Hoffenheim pitch (3-2), showered Lyon's hopes. Terrible paradox, despite 4 points against the ogre City, coached by Pep Guardiola, OL is still chasing his fate.

With 7 points, the second place in Group F is not yet acquired. The Donetsk Ukrainians, 5 points, are able to eliminate Lyon if successful on December 12 at the next reception of the French club. After the match, the Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, made a positive speech.

"Football is that, matches like tonight. We saw a great team from Lyon against a great team from City. It was a very high level match as in the first leg, as against Marseille and even as the first period against PSGhe said, proud of his troops. We must remember the positive that happens to be the qualification acquired in the Europa League, and then our qualification in 8^e to play in Donetsk. I can not believe that with these same players we go no further. I have absolute confidence in Bruno and in them. "

Lined for Cornet

In the first 45 minutes, it's first Memphis Depay (13^e minute), then Maxwel Cornet (29^e) who shook, alone, a few meters from the goalkeeper, the Brazilian Ederson. And when the clumsiness disappeared, it is the crossbar of the champions of England who rejected the magnificent acrobatic attempt of Cornet (43^e), twirling tonight.

Often a substitute, the Ivorian international believed to deliver his own in two great acts: he opened the scoring with a superb shot curled in the middle (55^e) before scoring the second goal after a long breakaway (81^e). But, as usual, too often this season, OL has been unable, twice, to keep the score.

The first English equalizer did not take long. Seven minutes later, French defender Aymeric Laporte beat Anthony Lopes with a header at the back post (62).^e). The second came even faster, less than two minutes was enough for Sergio Aguero (83^e).

Decisive match in Ukraine

The Rhone club can regret these opportunities soar in the sky and this decisiveness in the moment of winning. Lyon could have qualified on the evening of the fourth day. Instead, it will fight in the hard frost Ukrainian. There was frustration among Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, who however gave a speech similar to that of its president: "We are frustrated that we are not qualified tonight but we have to retain the positive. We were still in the euphoria of our goal on the second equalizer. We conceded an avoidable corner and made a marking error. But other than that, I can only congratulate my players. "

Especially since this year, Lyon has made a specialty to offer a great emotional eight to its supporters. In two games against the Germans at Hoffenheim, OM players were joined each time in stoppage time (3-3 and 2-2). Against Shakhtar Donetsk, we had to wait for two goals clear, in a stadium behind closed doors, before starting to play, equalize and miss a few match points.

Lyon have not won since their inaugural win in Manchester, four consecutive European games. A final battle will have to be conducted during a meeting, relocated to Kharkov, which looks terrible.

In the past, OL had failed twice in decisive games that had to be won in difficult weather conditions: in March 2001 in Moscow and in December 2002 against Rosenborg in northern Norway. Jean-Michel Aulas refuses to consider such a scenario: "I remain convinced that what we deserve will come to fruition in the final match. " Especially that failing to win, sThis time, players will be able to settle for not losing.