2023-08-13 23:12:48
Definitely the Lyonnais lack bite. After a rather dull pre-season (four defeats) and problems with the DNCG, the financial policeman of French football, Laurent Blanc’s men lost against Strasbourg for their start to the season in Ligue 1 (2-0) and are not reassured not.
What you must remember
However, in the first period, Lyon made a rather satisfactory copy, depriving the Strasbourg of balloons and thwarting their pressing on several occasions. The French nugget, Bradley Barcola, followed by PSG, could have quickly opened the scoring, after putting on a show in the Alsatian defense, but he did not get the better of Mats Sels (12th). Same sentence for Alexandre Lacazette, who hit the post, following good work by Caqueret and Cherki in small spaces (41st).
And the Lyonnais were obviously punished, in just ten minutes on a surprising free kick from Bellegarde, then on a strike from Mothiba. Still as offensive, the Gones tried to come back to the score but stumbled for a long time on Mats Sels (26th, 31st, 86th, 90 + 5), before breaking the Strasbourg lock thanks to Tagliafico (88th).
The player: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
The midfielder will have brought everything to life for the Lyonnais. Omnipresent in recovery and recovery, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde gained momentum in the game and opened the scoring with a magnificent eccentric free kick on the left side (63rd). Untenable, he then delivered a perfect cross to the limit of offside for Mothiba who was able to conclude facing the goal at six meters (75th). He then left to the applause of the public at La Meinau in additional time (90 + 2nd).
Number: 19
The series therefore ends here. Before this defeat, Olympique Lyonnais had remained undefeated in their last 19 opening matches of a Ligue 1 season (15 wins and 4 draws).
“We will have to correct this quickly”
After the meeting, Maxence Caqueret gave his feelings to the microphone of Prime Video: “We had much more control of the ball than them. We weren’t effective enough, we didn’t create enough chances to score. We conceded two avoidable goals and we will have to correct that quickly. »
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