Lyon, France – it Completed 2-2 between Lyon and Manchester United in their UEFA Europa League quarterfinals of the first stage, but in a personal battle between André Onana and Nemanja matricesIt was a comprehensive victory for the Serbian midfielder.
Onana made two catastrophic mistakes – including one deep until the time of stopping – to give Lyon of both goals and leave the tie in a balance in front of the other leg in Manchester next week. For Cameroon International, timing could not be much worse, He comes only a day after he was described as “one of the worst goalies in United’s history”.
He was Jibe aimed at Matić in response to Onan They say that United is “much better” than Lyon in the middle of their war with words Wednesday. Onana was wrong in his evaluation of Lyon and the French side heads to Old Trafford and believes that he can achieve the semifinals.
If Onana performs in a similar way in seven days, he almost certainly releases unified. Ruben Amorim was then philosophical, but perhaps just because he was smart enough to know that he wasn’t much with his goalkeeper until the summer. Then the gloves could literally be gone.
“It can happen,” Amorim said.
“If you play football, you play a lot of games, you can make mistakes. If you look at the season, I will make more mistakes than they do during these last games and in recent months. The second thing is that we have one more game to change everything and that should be our focus.
“I felt that the changing rooms really quiet. We’re going to go away in Europe – that’s always hard, but the team is suffering, we have to change it.”
That was a poor trip for Onan. His comments to Lyon were skipped by Matić, who went into two legs as if he attacked a middle fight. The bad feeling spread to the stadium and since Onana entered the playground at the Groupama stadium more than an hour before the kick -off, domestic fans were heard. It was the same when he came out for his heating and when he first touched a few minutes into the game.
After 25 minutes, BOOS turned to health and it was also on Onan.
Thiago Almad He cried in a free kick from the left that avoided everyone. Onan went down to collect it just to bounce off the ball just before him and then up the roof of the net.
He lay motionless, face down into the lawn, for a while before he got back to meet other ridicule from Lyon fans. Matić – who spent the evening on the bench – did everything in their power to stop his desperate smile.
United hit back with the aim of Lena yoro Just before the half -time. And when they replace Joshua Zirkzee Onan, headed for the second two minutes from time to time, he might have hoped his mistake would be forgotten.
But with United on a course for a key European victory away from home, Georges Mikautadze fired a shot directly on the goalkeeper, and when the ball bounce back into the penalty space Rayan Cherki for a 94th minute equalizer. Deuce in 90 minutes, but the game, assemble and coincide with Matić.
“The best thing is to look at the goals, all the events that Andre had in the game – that’s the best way to help every player,” Amorim said.
“It’s focusing on the game, what happened, what we need to improve, and then put the players.
“At this point I can’t say anything to Andre. The most important thing is to be natural and then when the time comes, I will choose the best XI that I play. But I’m really sure Andre.”
After spending his press conference on Wednesday by defending Onana, Amorim was again full time. He tried to repel every question, but for a Portuguese coach it would be frustrating that the otherwise positive team display was overshadowed in this way.
United looked under control for most of the game and had a chance more score Rasmus Højlund, Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho. In particular, Højlund’s appearance becomes rather a problem with every passing game and was lucky to get in an hour when he was finally replaced by Zirkzee.
But it was Onana who stole the headlines and for all bad reasons. In a rare answer, which was not about his goalkeeper at his premant press conference on Wednesday, Amorim explained how important the victory of the European league for the future of the club would be.
It was another night that indicated that Onana might not be part of it.
