Seville 1982. For an entire generation, now fifty or more, the semi-final of the Spanish World Cup between France and West Germany (3-3, 4-5 on penalties) remains the alpha and the omega soccer. Jean-Michel Aulas (75 years old) seems in this case.
The former president of Olympique Lyonnais was interviewed by Prime Video following OL’s stunning victory over Brest (4-3) on Sunday evening in Ligue 1. After congratulating himself on a success which allows Pierre Sage’s team, long moribund, to dream of Europe, “JMA” has launched into a somewhat daring historical comparison.
“I hope one thing is that Alexandre [Lacazette] is fine, because he took a shock which reminded me terribly [Harald] Schumacher. » Marco Bizot, Brest’s Dutch goalkeeper, collided with the Lyon captain at the end of endless stoppages in play, which provoked the winning penalty transformed by Ainsley Maitland-Niles (90th + 16!).
Schumacher had not even been sanctioned
Lacazette, usual attendant of the exercise, had in fact been evacuated on a stretcher after the shock, and replaced by Gift Orban. “We are awaiting additional examinations. He is out injured but we are waiting for reassuring news. The medical supervision is at his side. He was not in the locker room when I returned but we will support him so that he returns as quickly as possible,” Pierre Sage said after the match.
This action therefore reminded Aulas of the much more violent and deliberate gesture of the RFA goalkeeper, 42 years ago in Seville. Coming out like a bullet from its surface, Schumacher hit the Frenchman with impunity Patrick Battiston, totally knocked out. afterwards. The Dutch referee of the match, Charles Corver, had not even called a foul, unlike his distant heir Mathieu Vernice on Sunday evening. With the help of VAR, of course.