At the end of a six-goal second half, Lille and Lyon parted ways in an ultra-spectacular draw (3-3) at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, with a hat-trick from Jonathan David and a double from Alexandre Lacazette .
If it were necessary to assign a coefficient of spectacularity, Lille would surely be very well ranked. After the 4-3 against Monaco and the 3-4 on the ground of PSG, Losc still delivered a rather crazy meeting against Lyon (3-3), Friday evening, at the start of the 27th day of Ligue 1.
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It all happened in the second half, since the first act had been poor in chances. Lille mastered the game without being in play, and OL had the best opportunity, on a ball recovered by Bradley Barcola, who then came up against Lucas Chevalier (12th). As soon as they returned from the locker room, Losc took the advantage on a fine movement initiated by Rémy Cabella, and concluded with a perfect cross from Jonathan Bamba for Jonathan David (1-0, 46th).
More sure of themselves, the formation of Paulo Fonseca doubled the bet following an 80-meter block, and a striker foul by Rayan Cherki on Gabriel Gudmundsson, who offered the double penalty to Jonathan David (2-0, 61st). Bradley Barcola’s goal gave hope to OL (2-1, 64th), who were betting big on the return from injury of their captain, Alexandre Lacazette, who entered in the 71st minute.
Penalty canceled in added time
The affair initially turned out badly, with this penalty conceded by the Lyon n°9 for a hand on a free kick, which allowed David to offer himself a hat-trick (3-0, 79th), and the place top scorer in the league ahead of Kylian Mbappé (19 goals against 18 for the Parisian). But Lacazette made up for it by signing a double, first on a cross from Sael Kumbedi (3-2, 83rd), then a service from Barcola, with in passing a ball intelligently left by Corentin Tolisso (3-3, 89th ).
With a completely overhauled defense (Diakité, Fonte, Djalo and Ismaily injured), Lille thought it was reliving the nightmare of the Parc du Princes, when Lacazette (90th + 2) and Moussa Dembélé (90th + 3) had balls 4-3 . Then the Mastiffs believed in victory with the third penalty whistled by Mr. Bastien (90th + 5), who lost his mind two minutes later when the VAR pointed out to him that the contact was not clear between Kumbedi and Bamba.
It was the end point of a completely crazy evening, which will leave Lille, sixth, with regrets and who missed the opportunity to put pressure on Rennes in the race for Europe. Europe, this OL, 8th, is still very far from it. But at least a positive dynamic was triggered at this end of the meeting full of character.
