Superb diving header from Ernest Nuamah, and the VA goalkeeper is already hot, to push away with his foot. But the Ghanaian was slightly offside at the time.
Here is the expected 11, with a Benrahma-Lacazette-Nuamah trio in front, and with Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri as the starting goalkeeper in the Coupe de France, as in the two previous rounds, where he was convincing.
Just to wait patiently until this evening, here is the interview we are offering you this Tuesday morning, with VA goalkeeper Jean Louchet in the spotlight. This one has the particularity of having been unemployed last summer, before Valenciennes gave him a chance. A first for him in the professional world, at 27 years old. A rare course and an authentic guy, we can only advise you to take a look.
A month after the quarter-finals, the Coupe de France returns this Tuesday. We might as well tell you that apart from Lyon and Valenciennes, this first half-time poster will not make thousands of football fans in France jump to the ceiling. Because Valenciennes is THE surprise of the season in this 2024 edition of the Cup, after reaching the last four while the club has only won… two matches in Ligue 2 at the same time in 30 days! Well, it must be recognized that VA’s journey had not been particularly strewn with pitfalls until then, since there had not been the slightest Ligue 1 on its route, and only one Ligue 2.
But there you have it, you had to be strong to assume the status of favorite over six matches, and we think in particular of this quarter-final snatched on penalties in Rouen (1-1, 3-5 on penalties), winner of Toulouse and AS Monaco in the previous rounds. Already promised at the National (VA is 18 points behind the first non-relegation team), Ahmed Kantari’s players dream of a monstrous feat in an OL Park which will be sold out for the occasion.
On the Lyon side, the dynamic is excellent in 2024, with a locked-in hold whereas it seemed perilous to achieve three months ago, and there should be no major absentees this evening. Hero of the quarters during the penalty shootout (0-0, 4-3), goalkeeper Lucas Perri will once again replace Anthony Lopes, and Alexandre Lacazette and his team intend to take this turning point with the greatest seriousness, with the dream in mind. a first trophy since 2012 and an unexpected qualification in the Europa League for OL at the same time.
>> Join us from 8 p.m. to follow the pre-match from a sold-out OL Park for the occasion (around 57,000 spectators), before the semi-final kicks off at 8:45 p.m.