LISBON - Lyon were not supposed to make it to Lisbon at all for the Champions League"Final Eight", but now they are through to one of two Franco-German semi-finals against Bayern Munich while the giants of England, Spain and Italy watch from the sidelines.
"In Brussels and on the football field, France and Germany are the driving forces in Europe," wrote Macron, a Marseille fan, on Twitter.Ligue 1 is often derided by outside observers."FARMERS LEAGUE" wrote Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe in a tweet on Saturday as he congratulated Lyon, in an ironic reference to an oft-used insult towards Ligue 1 on social media.
Those in France who feared the decision to end their season early in April due to the health crisis would prove a major handicap for their clubs in Europe are being forced to revise their thinking. Lyon managed just one competitive outing in the same period before going to Turin and eliminating Juventus on away goals last weekend.
PSG and Lyon now face RB Leipzig and Bayern respectively, with the two German clubs having come into the"Final Eight" rested and raring to go, the Bundesliga season having restarted before ending in late June. Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin this week told AFP that the"Final Eight" format would be a one-off, saying it was"impossible" in a normal year because of the crowded match calendar.
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