Lyon should somehow choose their own to try to qualify for next season’s champions league after their agonizing emergence from Europe to Manchester United in an epic tie on Thursday.

The Paulo Fonseca team came from 2-0 down to Old Trafford to lead 4-2 in extra time, and 6-4 in the aggregate, in their Europa League quarterfinals, despite being reduced to 10 late men at normal times.

But the English club somehow fought again late in the extra time to level the connection once again Harry Maguire Got their winner in the 121st minute.

Denied Lyon A first European semifinal that when they reached the last four of the Champions League in 2020, and they now have to hope that the way they eliminate them has no knock on the rest of their internal campaign.

“At 4-2, with 10 minutes left, I think we thought it was done. This hurts,” Corentin Tolissowho was sent for a second booking, told the broadcaster Canal Plus.

“One of the worst matches in my career. Really really, really hard. I think we deserved it better. Now we have to recover and digest this because we have a Sunday match we absolutely have to win.”

Lyon used to be the Champions League regulations, but they have not captured the European Elite Club competition since 2020, when they lost to Bayern Munich in the last four behind the closed doors in Lisbon.

Their unsafe financial position makes you play in the very lucrative champions League, more important for the seven times the French champions.

US owner John Textor dismissed popular coach Pierre Sage in January and replaced him with funds because he felt the former premier AC Milan The boss was more likely to run the team at a fourth end to Ligue 1.

The textor then supported his new manager after the fonseca was given a nine -month detention from the touch line and the change rooms during games after an angry quarrel with a judge in a match against Patches In early March.

Lyon has won seven out of 10 Ligue 1 exit under fions, including five of their last six, and ended last weekend in the table at the table.

There are five games left, starting with Sunday’s trip to Fierce Derby’s rivals Saintwho are fighting the departure.

Only the first three qualify directly for the Champions League, with the fourth team entering the preliminary rounds.

Lyon are a point back Marseille in third place but also extend only three pure points Pleasant In the seventh, which may not be enough to qualify in Europe at all. The pressure is on.

“We did wonderful things. We showed the quality of our players, but we have to learn from this,” The phonesea said after losing to Old Trafford.

“It is not easy to come here. I think we have proven that we are ready to have an end to the season that matches our ambitions and our quality.”

Paris Saint-Germain The star is hoping to end the season as the top scorer of Ligue 1 after his transformation in recent months, who has seen him become one of Europe’s most clinic clinics.

Dembele has 32 goals in all races, and 21 in Ligue 1. He needs six more of the last six matches of PSG for equal Kycian MbappeMeeting the highest score of the previous 27 season. Ancestry Barcelona Winger will hope to take between goals against fighting Let havre Saturday and on Tuesday’s journey to Nantes.

The main statistics

10 – PSG can make it 10 ligue straight 1 wins if they beat Le Havre, a feat that they have not reached within the same season since winning their first 14 games of the 2018/19 campaign

10 – Montpellier have lost their last 10 matches. Removing them can be confirmed this weekend

5 – the number of points that share six teams, from Monaco In the second in Nice in the seventh, in the fight for European qualification

Fixes (Times Cet)

Friday

Rennes vs nantes (19:45)

Saturday

Paris Saint-Germain vs Le Havre (4pm), Monaco vs STRASBOURG (6pm), Marseille vs Montpellier (20:05)

Sunday

Lill vs. Unyielding (2:00 pm); Cute vs OutrageBrest vs lens, Recess vs. Tulouse (all 16:15); Saint-Etienne vs Lyon (19:45)