The Lyonnais have suffered (a lot), but continue the adventure in the Coupe de France. Friday January 19, in Limoges, the Gones managed to get rid of Bergerac at the opening of the round of 16 despite good resistance from the Neo-Aquitaine. In great difficulty in the league, the Lyonnais relied on goals from Malick Fofana and Maxence Caqueret, while Romain Escarpit managed to equalize just before half-time.
A match in freezing cold, against a team which had already reached the quarter-finals of the competition in 2022, all away… This trip had all the appearance of a trap for the Lyonnais, and the air The concern shown by their coach Pierre Sage throughout the match summed up his club’s evening well. On a pitch made difficult by the conditions, the Rhone residents never seemed calm and the gap in divisions against a team playing in Nationale 2 was not always obvious.
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Not sovereign, the Lyonnais still had the merit of remaining serious throughout the match. After a balanced start, it was quite logical that Alexandre Lacazette and his teammates managed to open the scoring, the Lyonnais captain finding his new teammate Malick Fofana (37th) with a perfect cross. Arriving a few days earlier from La Gantoise, the young Belgian (18 years old) did not wait long to open his account during a meeting where he generally showed his advantage.
Bergerac at ten
Still, his joy was short-lived. Guilty of losing the ball on the Lyon goal, Bergerac striker Romain Escarpit made up for it by leveling the two teams just before the break (45th). A goal full of emotion for a player who passed through the OL training center, and who had the merit of giving a second wind to his team upon returning from the locker room. Even the exclusion of Christian Gyeboaho (65th) for a foul on Corentin Tolisso did not seem able to break this momentum.
The match was finally decided in the space of 5 minutes. Bergeracois Steven Luyambula first came up against Anthony Lopes as he faced the Lyon goalkeeper alone (74th), before he watched, helplessly like his teammates, Maxence Caqueret’s nice volley ( 78th), synonymous with qualification for OL. 16th in the championship and in the fight for maintenance, Les Gones can still believe in a title this season, and in qualification for European competitions. But it was hard.