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The clash between Lyon and Brest kept all its promises on Sunday evening. OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP
Between the Lyonnais happy with the outcome and the Bretons angry after the refereeing, the outcome of this crazy OL-Brest (4-3) left no one indifferent on Sunday evening.
Pierre Sage (Lyon coach): “We went through a lot of emotions in a very short time in this match. We had the feeling of experiencing something extraordinary. I will remember this match for a long time, as will the spectators. It shows us that anything is possible with this team in view of our end of the season. This still gives us hope of experiencing things that seemed impossible not long ago. Being 7th in Ligue 1 today does not have much value even if it is one of our objectives. The ambition is to be in the top seven at the end of the championship. We are happy to be ahead of others even if one team (Marseille) has not yet played in this mini-championship. All points will count and we will have to deliver good matches while being able to manage them better than tonight’s in order to avoid the 3-1 scenario.
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Eric Roy (Brest coach): “We are taken for fools (the Brest coach mentions in particular a hand not whistled in the penalty area from the Irishman Jake O’Brien in the 16th minute). It’s a difficult evening but we’ve experienced others this season already. We were hurt a few times by unfavorable decisions but that’s football today. The 4th referee tells us that there is no hand, we checked. If there isn’t a hand hanging around, it was a real scoring chance. (on the red card inflicted on Pierre Lees-Melou) I believed that the referees were there to protect the players. Tagliafico must be excluded and not Lees-Melou. Not only does he suffer the fault but then he is punished. We are experiencing some pretty extraordinary moments in football. Besides, there are also people behind who can fix these kinds of errors but I don’t know what they do. I am aware that the job of referee is very difficult but technology allows us to check. I nevertheless remember that we played a very good match but that at 3-1, we must be able to close the match. We should have maintained more lucidity and control. My group is generous but has difficulty managing emotions.”
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Jean-Michel Aulas (former president of Lyon): “It’s only in football that we have emotions like that. It’s a decisive match that allows us to get back to the top. And there is this audience which is wonderful from the beginning, in difficulty and now in hope. It’s really OL. OL are made to be at the top. »
Anthony Lopes (Lyon goalkeeper): “We have had a catastrophic start to the second period. We were leading at the break and we didn’t get into the second half. They scored three goals, we knew their strengths. But we have this little thing, there is something in this group. We set ourselves goals. Not so long ago, it was about getting support as quickly as possible. Today there are others, who would have thought it! We are lucky to have an incredible audience, who were there even in complicated times even if things are much better. We set ourselves this goal of seventh place, we realize that we are there even if some have not yet played. We hope to maintain it. »
Denis the Saint (president of Brest): “In the first half, we had a header from Mounié and an opponent who clearly deviated with his hand. But the referee does not use VAR. At the end of the second half, he called on VAR. It is absolutely necessary to regulate the use of VAR, otherwise we arrive at these dysfunctions. This will be the subject of a letter that I will send to the president of the League. We must supervise, otherwise the VAR is useless. »
Grégory Lorenzi (brest sports director): “This evening (Sunday) the referee favored his side, the Lyon side. Monaco’s reception will not be easy, with, once again, a slight advantage on their side, because I know very well that the referees today will know what to do in the final matches. This is the history of Ligue 1, the big teams must be at the top. We are the little ones, no one can stop me from thinking that and I don’t think I’m wrong. When we see the decisions we question ourselves. We know very well that Brest may be disturbing. »
