Arsenal, after going through Lyons in the semifinal game of Champions League (1-2), knows that Sunday will be a different game. For René Slegers, who runs the Gunners, it is essential to focus on a XXL performance against a team running for this kind of European appointment.

Almost a week ago, the derby between Lyon and Saint-Étienne took place. The defeat has still not been digested by the Lyon leaders, who have filed a new claim. Last weekend, Ligue 1 booked us its most beautiful derby for the 30th day of the championship. Saint-Étienne received Lyon in a Geoffroy-Guichard stadium completely full. The atmosphere was great for this meeting. And this derby started extremely well for the Stéphanois, who quickly opened the score thanks to Lucas Stassin. The latter will double the second period, before Tanner Tessmann narrows the gap for Lyon at the end of the meeting. But what made a lot of talk during and after the meeting was the arbitral decisions. Indeed, this 126th derby was marked by two major errors in arbitration. First, the red non-carton for Lucas Stassin after a sole on Corentin Tolisso. Initially, referee François Letexier had released a direct red. But after viewing the VAR, he went back on his decision, to the general surprise. Then, at the end of the first half, an assistant referee was hit by a projectile. The meeting was stopped briefly before resuming, in total misunderstanding. Faced with these two situations, Lyon filed an appeal against Saint-Étienne’s victory. This Friday afternoon, the newspaper L’Équipe informed that Lyon has officially requested the non-approval of the result, and therefore the cancellation of the victory of Stéphanois. Of course, the Lyon club is aware that this claim has practically no chance of success, but the leaders hope to raise awareness, especially at the arbitration level. Several sources interviewed by the AFP believe that this approach could be used to encourage referees to be blameless over the last four days of the championship. As a reminder, Lyon has denounced no less than four major arbitration errors since the beginning of the season. It remains to be seen whether the last games will happen without further controversy. "