Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso estimated that OL “could dream of going higher” after the home victory against Monaco (3-2) on Sunday during the 31st day, a result which allows the Rhodaniens to provisionally occupy 7th place in the ranking.

This will qualify for the Europa Conference League next season if Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de France final on May 25 against OL.

“Yes, it’s a real objective now that we are officially maintained,” Tolisso told the press.

“We can dream of going higher. We owed it to our supporters to go to the final of the Coupe de France, but after what we experienced at the start of the season (Lyon were last after the 15th day, Editor’s note), now we must try to qualify for a European Cup. It would be truly exceptional and it would please a lot of people,” he assured.

“We see that we continue to do great things. There are three matches left to grab 7th place or more, you never know, and then there will be the final,” said Corentin Tolisso, believing that “the public makes the difference.”

There were 55,539 spectators early Sunday evening at Groupama Stadium for the Monaco reception. “At the start of the match with the smoke bombs, the chants, it was extraordinary,” Tolisso said. And even though we conceded the goal very early in the match, they didn’t give up. This atmosphere is good for us and bad for the opponent.”

“We have a very big match awaiting us (in Lille on May 6, Editor’s note). It will be tough especially there but we know that we have a good team and that we can do good things against big teams in Ligue 1. We demonstrated it again this evening against Monaco after beating Brest. We will go to Lille with full ambition and of course we will want to win there,” concluded the Lyon midfielder.