Lyon won in Bucharest this Thursday evening in the round of 16 of the Europa League (1-3). Not without emotion for Paulo Fonseca on the bench.
The news is rich these days on the side of Lyon, where the column is hit by both the field and from the field. Wednesday evening, the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League inflicted
A nine -month suspension To Paulo Fonseca for his blood blow four days earlier against referee Benoît Millot, as part of the L1 match between OL and Brest. And the interested party was in his post, on the bench, to see his team winning in Bucharest this Thursday.
Despite the storm, the Gones were able to obtain a precious success in Romania in the round of 16 The Europe League. A 1-3 victory outside which suggests a qualification for the quarter-finals, with the shock survivor between the Real Sociedad and Manchester United (1-1 tonight in San Sebastian).
Fofana, the entrance that has changed everything
It was Tagliafico who, in a first period rather dominated by the locals, knew how to open the brand in favor of the Lyonnais, after a good center of Mikautadze (0-1, 30e). A goal immediately celebrated on the edge of the field, in a spontaneous communion which did not fail to move a Paulo Fonseca to tears which, a priori, should be able to continue to work on the European scene despite its heavy sanction recorded in France.
And if Baluta believed to restart the FCSB by equalizing at the 68e Minute, the Rhodanians, with the entry into the game of the Fofana fe-follet, knew how to make the difference in the Money Time thanks to a double of the young Belgian winger, well served each time by Cherki (86e89e). Enough to calmly consider the return match next week in the capital of Gaul and above all give the heart of the heart to a Paulo Fonseca visibly very affected at the final whistle.
