LYON: Successful in the League Cup, Too!
Olympique Lyonnais (OL) snatches victory from PSG ... this time in the final minutes!
Again I left early (to avoid the crowd) with Lyon down 1-0 and headed for defeat in the last five minutes ... but Sylvain Wiltord scores twice (!?) in the final minutes to give OL a shocking victory over Paris St-Germain, one of their arch-rivals.
This match was not an official league match and so OL fielded a different lineup than usual, with some players coming off the injured reserve list, and their lack of game time recently showed with the on-and-off coordination of passes. Finally towards the end, with their backs against the wall, OL showed some determination, but ... unfortunately I left too early again to miss the excitement.
Two goals in the final three minutes!
This victory puts Lyon in the final eight for the League Cup (unrelated to the Champions League cup), which meets again, what, maybe next year?
The nice thing about this match was that the tickets were not covered by the season ticket pass and so you saw a lot of fans who were not usually there, especially children (the ticket prices were probably set low to encourage fans who would otherwise not be able to come, to make it out).