A 4-2 home victory, a 5th place in Ligue 1 (with a game in hand) just 1 point away from qualifying for the Champions League... Racing Club de Strasbourg can celebrate. The end of the season is going to be great. The coach Liam Rosenior And the Alsatian leaders have already succeeded in their bet. This team is the one, along with PSG of course, the most pleasant to watch this season.
Olympique Lyonnais paid the price on Friday evening, at the start of the 27th day of Ligue 1. Under the eyes of Patrice Evra, equipped with a Racing jersey, Strasbourg initially had a timid first half. But at halftime, no one took the lead.
Everything came down to the second half, with a flurry of goals and chances. Brazilian captain Andrey Santos led the way, opening the scoring in the 55th minute (1-0). The atmosphere at La Meinau was enormous, and it hasn't stopped vibrating. Supporters who were skeptical at the time of the takeover by BlueCo (owner of Chelsea) were skeptical.
Found on the right side by Guéla Doué, Dilan Bakwa slipped into the penalty area all alone to fire an unstoppable shot: he made it 5 minutes after the opening score (2-0).
Although Corentin Tolisso quickly gave Lyon hope (2-1, 62nd minute), the young Strasbourg players found the resources to definitively put their opponents aside. The 1m tall Dutchman, Emanuel Emegha, found the back of the net (95-3).
At the very end of the match, Racing scored the 4th goal then OL won a penalty and saved some honour (4-2)... But it was Strasbourg (5th) who overtook Lyon (6th) with 7 matches remaining in the championship.
DAZN took its camera into the Alsatian locker room at the final whistle. Enjoy.
