Led from the start, Lyon managed to reverse the situation and win on Sunday at home at the expense of Monaco (3-2), whose defeat allowed Paris SG to be crowned champion of France for the 12th times, during the 31st day of Ligue 1.
With 12 points ahead of their Monegasque runners-up, the Parisians can no longer be reached three days before the end of the championship.
The victory of the Lyonnais allows them to temporarily occupy 7th position in the ranking, before the closing match between Marseille and Lens. A place synonymous with qualification for the Europa Conference League, OL’s openly stated ambition.
Lyon, which has officially ensured its maintenance since April 24 and the victory of PSG in Lorient (4-1), after being last until the 15th day with only seven points, is ahead of Rennes (8th) by two lengths.
For Monaco, it is the end of a series of five consecutive away victories but also of an invincibility which has been running since February 18 and eight days (6 wins, 2 draws).
ASM remains runner-up to PSG, occupying 2nd place directly qualifying for the Champions League, its objective but is only two steps ahead of Brest (3rd) and three over Lille (4th) which will host the Lyonnais, the May 6.
For the Rhone residents, this victory sounds like a restart after the rout conceded in Paris (4-1), on April 21 after a series of five matches without defeat.
She once again demonstrated the mental resources of OL who had already reversed a compromised situation against Brest on April 14 by winning 4-3 after being down 3-1.
Monaco, however, opened the scoring after only twenty seconds of play by Wissam Ben Yedder at the conclusion of a dazzling attack led by Maghnes Akliouche and Folarin Balogun (1).
Ben Yedder then gave his team the advantage by heading in a cross delivered by Youssouf Fofana in the second half (2-2, 60th).
Because in the meantime, OL had finally entered the game after suffering Monegasque domination.
Alexandre Lacazette equalized (1-1) in the 22nd minute by taking a cross delivered from the left wing by Saïd Benrahma before the latter, four minutes later, in turn took a cross sent from the right side by Clinton Mata (2-1, 26).
At this point in the match, Monaco had lost control of the game. And even at the start of the second half despite the entries into play of Breel Embolo, Kassoum Ouattara and Mohammed Salisu at half-time.
On a new cross from Mata, Lacazette narrowly missed the target again (54th) before being too short to take a pass from Rayan Cherki who had barely entered the field (66th). This one missed the target from close range after a cross from Malick Fofana (72nd).
It was the latter who gave victory to Lyon at the conclusion of a counter-attack by winning his duel with goalkeeper Majecki after being alerted in the axis by Lacazette (84th). All this in the euphoria of the Groupama stadium and its 55,539 spectators.