And if, finally, on a misunderstanding, the Lyonnais ended up hooking Europe? On a good dynamic since the start of the return phase, OL, undefeated for seven games in the league, confirmed their last two victorious outings against Paris (1-0) and Rennes (3-1) by winning the fil, Friday, in Toulouse.
The Rhone club returns before the other meetings of the day to two points from Lille and the fifth qualifying place for the Europa League Conference, its ultimate objective this season after being beaten last week by Nantes (1-0) in semi- French Cup final.
A competition that the TFC, qualified for its side for the final at the Stade de France on April 29, already has in mind now that its maintenance in the elite is almost certain, with twelve points ahead of the first relegation. “We are going to win the Coupe de France”, also sang, in the rain, the Toulouse supporters, weaned from the title since 1957.
An own goal worth gold
They can partly be reassured by the reaction capacity of their team, which quickly responded to Lacazette’s opener. After having failed in the exercise against PSG, the former Gunner transformed a penalty caused by the young Brazilian Jeffinho with a perfect counter-foot, moving in attack in place of Bradley Barcola, suspended (0-1, 34th ).
Returning up to Kylian Mbappé (PSG) and Jonathan David (Lille) at the top of the L1 top scorer rankings, the Lyon striker missed the break with his header three minutes later when he found himself alone against on goal from a corner kick. Toulouse equalized in stride, on the counter-attack, thanks to its Moroccan international Zakaria Aboukhlal (1-1, 37th), opportunist on a poor clearance from the Lyon defense.
Rich in clear chances on both sides, with in particular a strike on the bar from Corentin Tolisso (65th) and several saves from his goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, the match finally tipped over a new error from the Chilean left side of Téfécé Gabriel Suazo, already guilty on the penalty. Rayan Cherki, once again very valuable, took advantage of his offering in the last minutes to push Logan Costa to score against his camp under pressure from Lacazette (1-2, 88th) and allow the Lyonnais to still dream of Europe .