It’s a reputation that sticks to them. Like all clichés, they are stubborn but contain a grain of truth. The Lyonnais are “haughty” and “contemptuous”, so it goes. vox populi. They are said to be cold-blooded, disinclined to euphoria and emotional outbursts. But the Lyonnais are like everyone else: faced with torrents of feelings, the dam gives way. This Tuesday, by qualifying for the final of the Coupe de France, at home, in a Groupama Stadium of great evenings, OL experienced a special evening, outside of time, a purgatory.
OL in the Coupe de France final: “We will remember that we had to be in L2 on the 14th day”
