The game: 3-1
In a hostile and empty Groupama Stadium between Easter Sunday and, above all, the boycott of Bad Gones, OL were not to lose once morest Rennes this Sunday a few days following their failed Coupe de France semi-final at La Beaujoire (1- 0). Under a heavy sun, the start of the match was bad on the Lyon side. Largely dominated in the first quarter of an hour, OL were quickly punished.
On a dangerous ball loss from Bradley Barcola near his surface, Amine Gouiri inherited the ball to catch Diomandé and give Anthony Lopes no chance with a powerful shot under the bar (1-0, 11e). The tenth goal this season for the native of Bourgoin-Jallieu who had not started since March 11 and a draw once morest Auxerre (0-0).
Apathetic like Sinaly Diomandé, the Gones defense suffered the waves of Rennes and Bruno Genesio’s men were not far from doubling the lead if Bourigeaud (32e), Calimuendo (34e) and Santamaria (36e) had not failed in accuracy in front of Lopes.
While they had started a form of response at the end of the first period, the Gones started the second with the knife between their teeth. The opportunities multiplied for OL, who would find the fault on the hour mark. On receiving a corner badly pushed back on the right, Corentin Tolisso armed an unstoppable floating shot for Alemdar (1-1, 60e). Six following his last goal in the Rhone jersey, the native of Tarare showed the way to his people who monopolized the ball followingwards.
Alexandre Lacazette, on the lookout for a failed volley from Lepenant, gave Les Gones the advantage at close range. A first time refused, the goal was finally accepted because the top scorer of Les Gones was not offside. Well served by Cherki, Barcola confirmed the success of his team with a nice low shot.
Of their three shots on target, OL scored three times and managed to win their first game this season following being behind. A feat that allows the Rhodanians to get back in the standings by returning to five lengths from fifth Lille.
The fact: the Lyon team in the spotlight
At first, Les Gones’ formation punished them. Amine Gouiri, pure product of the Rhone club, distinguished himself with a superb sequence to score his tenth goal this season. The Lyon team finally allowed OL to glean precious success with two generations of players who shone offensively in the second half.
Anthony Lopes shone during the first act with his multiple saves. Irreproachable in this match, Corentin Tolisso scored his first goal in six years under the tunic of his training club, before Lacazette scored his 18e league goal of the season.
The Tola-Vologe generation showed the way and that of Meyzieu followed suit: Cherki eliminated Theate to serve Barcola in the back and the latter deceived Alemdar at ground level (3-1, 79e). Despite a sometimes messy Cherki, the work of Maxence Caqueret was useful in the midfield when Lukeba was solid defensively confirming the good day for OL training.
39/42
Players trained at OL have been involved in 39 of Les Gones’ last 42 goals in official competition.
