Football
Lyon and Nantes are still not making progress
Lyonnais and Nantes drew 1-1 on Friday at Groupama stadium, in a match for the 28th day of Ligue 1. A result which keeps the two clubs in the soft underbelly of the classification.
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Friday, the 1-1 between Lyon and Nantes does not help either team.
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OL, which have only lost once, at Auxerre (2-1) in their last eight league games, are treading water with two draws in a row following the one snatched from Lille (3-3). The Rhone club remains 10th, six points behind Rennes (5th).
For its part, following having obtained a draw once morest Nice (2-2) following three defeats in a row, the FCN, is also on two points sharing in a row, and ranks 14th with seven points ahead of Auxerre , 17th and first relegated.
Rehearsal for the Coupe de France
But the main thing is also elsewhere for the two teams who will meet on April 5 at the Beaujoire stadium in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, with their sights set on European qualification which would save the season for both teams.
That of Lyon in particular, whose turnover is 250 million euros and far from the claims displayed before the start of the championship.
That day, the Lyonnais will have to be more vigilant from the start, unlike what happened on Friday with a goal scored once morest his side by Castello Lukeba from the 2nd minute, despite Rémy’s good exit Riou once morest Mostafa Mohamed following a ball lost in midfield by Maxence Caqueret, put in difficulty by Corentin Tolisso.
Lacazette’s 150th goal
Subsequently, OL controlled the game with 67% possession of the ball and it was logical that Alexandre Lacazette equalized in the 24th minute by taking back a pass from Bradley Barcola’s head in two stages, following a good Collective action.
It was the 150th goal for Lacazette (31) with Lyon, where he became the club’s second goalscorer, just ahead of Bernard Lacombe (149 goals, 1969-1978) but still far behind Fleury Di Nallo (222 goals, 1960-December 1974).
The Lyon captain, who returned free last summer following five years at Arsenal, might have given the advantage in added time in the first period but his header was stopped by Alban Lafont following a cross delivered by Tolisso (45 +1).
Sterile domination
Subsequently, OL dominated the start of the second period with another chance for Caqueret on which Lafont intervened well (52nd) before Lacazette, who returned from injury on March 10 in Lille, came out.
And without his “General”, nothing more happened for Laurent Blanc’s men despite their domination.
For its part, Nantes also had other opportunities than the goal it scored with a parade from Riou in front of Mohamed (35th) then in front of Ervann Guessand (51st).
Mohamed, once more, also shot above despite a favorable position (55th) before a rather boring end to the match.
(AFP)
