Captain des Rouges and Bleus received a yellow card in the match against Saint-Étienne. This third map in ten games means that Alexandre Lacazette will be suspended for the match against Lens on May 4. The LFP Discipline Commission announced on Wednesday the sanctions awarded to the various teams.

The striker is not at best in his form, but there are few games left before the end of his contract. This Saturday’s match against Rennes will be his penultimate match at the Groupama Stadium. Her dream of breaking the record number of goals at OL, currently owned by Fleury Di Nallo, seems to be moving away.

For the past week, the winds have been contrary to OL. The elimination against Manchester United, followed by the defeat in the derby, brought the club at all. From the hope of a semi-final Europa League and a podium in Ligue 1 to a mini-sports crisis symbolised notably by the management of Nemanja Matic.

Is the club in trouble or has it simply mismanaged the two most important dates of their season? When asked at a press conference, Moussa Niakaté called for “not to forget the good things of recent weeks, we were on a very good dynamic. We’re the same players, we have to raise our heads.” Is this the Coué method used at Décines to straighten the bar? There’s got to be a little bit of this not to crush black, but at the time of receiving Rennes on Saturday (21:05), the pressure is necessarily Lyonish.

The Breton team has nothing to play, but expects “the best version of OL, because in these clubs, when the pressure is put either by the fans, or the external context, or even the direction, there is necessarily a reaction”. Habib Beye assures that the current pass is the lot of “these clubs that have very high ambitions. In a week, you feel like you’re losing everything,” but the former consultant doesn’t want to question everything about his future opponent. “These are high quality players and teams, you don’t score four goals at Old Trafford by being an average team. And so we know what we’re going to face. When a team like Lyon loses two such important matches, there must be a reaction, and we are happy to live this game by preparing for a huge adversity.”.