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Lyon hit back at corruption allegations from Ajax following 7-1 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb
The French side have lambasted their Dutch counterparts, claiming they are merely bitter over their exit from the Europe's elite competition and are looking for excuses elsewhere
9 Dec 2011 17:27:00
By Enis Koylu
PROSHOTS
Lyon have moved to refute any suggestions that there was anything untoward concerning their 7-1 Champions League Group D victory over Dinamo Zagreb that saw the French side progress to the last 16 at Ajax's expense.
A second-half deluge saw Remi Garde's men record a convincing victory despite the score being levelled at 1-1 at the break.
Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the Dutch side had two seemingly fair goals disallowed in their 3-0 loss to Real Madrid, leading to suggestions that corruption had led to Lyon attaining the necessary scoreline to overturn their goal difference inferiority to qualify for the knockout phase.
An official statement from Lyon read: "Hurt by the defeat and elimination, the Amsterdam club are trying to find an explanation elsewhere - as witnessed by the distressing statements made by the club's leaders as reported by a news agency - such as conspiracy theories or worse the result of corruption.
"This is detrimental and unacceptable for OL, its players, its supporters and the fans in general. Ajax are free to solicit all the checks in the world, but the Dutch club must know that Lyon will defend itself through every means, until the appropriate compensation is sought for the damage caused, and for every defamatory insinuation that affected the integrity and honour of its sports team, its staff and its fans."
Meanwhile, Bafetimbi Gomis, who scored four goals in the 7-1 rout, has taken to L'Equipe to hit out at suggestions that a photo of him winking at Dinamo's Domagoj Vida proves that the match was fixed.
"We had a laugh on the pitch. I know some words in Croatian thanks to Dejan [Lovren, Lyon defender]. But that doesn't mean the match was fixed!"
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A second-half deluge saw Remi Garde's men record a convincing victory despite the score being levelled at 1-1 at the break.
Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the Dutch side had two seemingly fair goals disallowed in their 3-0 loss to Real Madrid, leading to suggestions that corruption had led to Lyon attaining the necessary scoreline to overturn their goal difference inferiority to qualify for the knockout phase.
An official statement from Lyon read: "Hurt by the defeat and elimination, the Amsterdam club are trying to find an explanation elsewhere - as witnessed by the distressing statements made by the club's leaders as reported by a news agency - such as conspiracy theories or worse the result of corruption.
"This is detrimental and unacceptable for OL, its players, its supporters and the fans in general. Ajax are free to solicit all the checks in the world, but the Dutch club must know that Lyon will defend itself through every means, until the appropriate compensation is sought for the damage caused, and for every defamatory insinuation that affected the integrity and honour of its sports team, its staff and its fans."
Meanwhile, Bafetimbi Gomis, who scored four goals in the 7-1 rout, has taken to L'Equipe to hit out at suggestions that a photo of him winking at Dinamo's Domagoj Vida proves that the match was fixed.
"We had a laugh on the pitch. I know some words in Croatian thanks to Dejan [Lovren, Lyon defender]. But that doesn't mean the match was fixed!"
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