2023-10-22 23:46:00
The weekends follow one another and are similar for Lyon. OL had the opportunity to finally launch their season against Clermont Foot, then bottom of Ligue 1. But Les Gones lost again, by 2 goals to 1. They are in a worrying 18th and last place. The Rhone residents find themselves six points behind the first non-relegation team, Racing Club de Lens.
The path of the cross continues for this Olympique Lyonnais adrift and whose players left to the whistles and jeers of the ultras. “We are in Ligue 2, we are in Ligue 2,” sang the 49,999 supporters present after the final whistle, disappointed. Lyon, three points on the clock, has still not won this season and suffered its 6th defeat in nine days. The Clermontois won their first victory of the season and moved ahead of their evening opponents in 17th position, two points ahead.
Lyon’s first period was markedly weak, particularly in midfield where the starts of Maitland-Niles and Paul Akouokou, completely beside the point, were perplexing. This allowed Clermont, who dominated the midfield sector without much difficulty, to reach the locker room with a two-goal advantage.
The Austrian Muhammed Cham opened the scoring by heading a cross from the left from Shamar Nicholson, even if the Lyonnais first claimed a hand from the Jamaican at the start of the action, before the VAR validated the goal (11th). Yohann Magnin then brought the score to 2-0, thanks to a delicious shot from the right which lodged in the top corner of Anthony Lopes (36th).
Ten games in a row without a win
But the Auvergnats could have had an even larger lead if Lopes had not made the necessary saves on attempts by Nicholson (26th, 40th) or Cham (35th), proof of the passivity of the Rhone residents. Opposite, Lyon was only able to prove dangerous on a shot from Alexandre Lacazette hitting the bar (43rd) and on an attempt from Henrique, stopped by Mory Diaw (45th).
The half-time entries of Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah and Mahammadou Diawara, in place of Rayan Cherki, Akouokou and Maitland-Niles, nevertheless brought real added value to OL’s game. But it was already too late. The Lyonnais reduced the gap with a cross from Tolisso deflected by Ogier who deceived Mory Diaw (52nd) but did not manage to make up the deficit, Diawara barely missing the target (61st).
The great domination of the Lyonnais in the second half proved sterile against a Clermontoise defense braced in front of its goal, which often folded but never gave in, like Diaw’s final parade on a resumption of the header from Tolisso (90th + 2). OL’s last victory dates back to matchday 37 last season. The club has not won any of its last ten league matches (7 defeats, 3 draws).
This is the worst series in the elite of Lyon since the 1965-1966 season (11 matches without a victory), which is sinking further into the crisis and will travel to Marseille next weekend in the position of bottom of the championship . The Auvergnats, for their part, finally win and are still awaiting the decision of the disciplinary committee next Wednesday after the final end of their meeting in Montpellier when they were trailing 4-2. They could then recover the three points from a victory on the green carpet.
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