The situation degenerated on Sunday evening after the Monaco-Lyon meeting – AFP
- A general scramble after the Monaco-Lyon match on Sunday evening led the referee to send two red cards to each of the two teams.
- They are passing the buck to find out who has ignited the powder, but the situation could especially penalize OL in their goal of spinning in the Champions League next year.
The match will have been explosive even after the final whistle. A general scramble at the end of Monaco-Lyon, on the lawn of the Louis-II stadium on Sunday evening for the 35th day of Ligue 1, led the referee to send two red cards to each of the two teams: to Pietro Pellegri and Willem Geubbels for the men of the Principality, but also to Mattia De Sciglio and Marcelo on the Lyon side.
So many risks of suspensions during the next day, yet decisive, especially for Lyon and its goal of spinning in the Champions League. Without counting on the expulsion of Maxence Caqueret, in the 70th, that OL could also have avoided in this very high tension match, for which the two camps passed the buck.
“You also have to know how to lose with dignity”
For Jean-Michel Aulas in any case, who expected to play “a final” this Sunday, there was “no reason to be attacked like that”. “We come to win here with an extraordinary match but we find ourselves leaving as unhappy as stones because we are going to be sanctioned, and in addition obviously we have nothing to do with it,” said the president of Lyon at the microphone of Canal +, charging the “two kids from Monaco” including “Geubbels, who will have to be careful” because, according to him, “what he did is not right”.
“You also have to know how to lose with dignity,” also criticized his goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. When [Monaco est venu] win with us in the Cup [2-0, une semaine plus tôt], it was the same thing but we simply did not respond. “
” Keep the head up “
In fact, the images do not really allow to know who set the fire to the powder but the boss of OL would have really preferred not to see this scuffle, which could cost the club dearly while the C1 is still online. of sights.
On the Monegasque side, Niko Kovac is convinced that “it is not [ses] players who started ”. The coach recognizes, however, that this altercation “was not necessary”. But “it is the beginning of learning for them” and “they will learn from their mistakes”, he reacted, calling on his team to “keep their heads up”.