In front of the score a large part of the meeting, the Lyonnais beat Racing 92 this Sunday in the semi-final of the Cup challenge. Karim Ghezal’s men won 29-15 on their matmut Gerland lawn. The Lou is tearing off his ticket for the final, and will challenge Bath on May 23 on Cardiff.
They had promised that they would not make this CUP challenge a simple lifeline, the Lyonnais kept his word. In a garnished stadium matmut stadium, the Lou smothered a racing too crumbly (29-15) on Sunday, May 4, and offers a place in the competition final. And if the first half has long purred (10-8), the second was that of the Lyon mastery, like a precious leo Berdeu at the foot and a domineering pack on the fundamentals.
Intentions, little finish
The start of the match has long missed pace. Lots of game at the foot, little cutting edge in the races and a series of clumsiness on both sides. Only two lightnings made it possible to thrill the audience of Gerland: on an inspiration in the closed of Baptiste Couilloud, the Lyonnais opened the scoring thanks to Vincent Rattez (10-3, 28th). Racing, it replied through Diego Escobar on Ballon worn (10-8, 38th), but Tristan Tedder, out of success against the poles, did not allow his family to pick up the score. At the break, Lyon led logically, without shining.
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