2023-12-10 21:03:48
OL, led by their captain Alexandre Lacazette, author of a hat-trick, obtained their second victory of the season (3-0) against Toulouse on Sunday December 10, the first at home, during the 15th day of Ligue 1, maintaining the hope of survival.
Published on: 10/12/2023 – 20:03
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OL certainly remains last, but delivered by far its best performance since the start of the championship, under the eyes of the current owner, John Textor, and the former, Jean-Michel Aulas, present together in the presidential stand for the first time since May 27. With their victory against Toulouse (3-0), the Lyonnais return to one point behind Clermont, penultimate and 17th who hung on to Lille (0-0) and three lengths from their opponent of the day (15th), first non-relegation .
After coming through in Marseille (3-0 defeat) in a late match of the 10th day, Wednesday, this success for Lyon, in a crucial match for its future in the elite, converts the progress seen in Lens into points ( 3-2 defeat), on December 2 for the first time on the bench of Pierre Sage, currently interim coach. As in Bollaert, OL, who won for the first time at home since May 27 against Reims (3-0), showed a coherent face by playing with great generosity.
Which could argue for the retention of Sage against a backdrop of rumors of the possible arrival of the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli or Bruno Genesio on the bench. In a 3-5-2 with the central defense trio Duje Caleta-Car, Dejan Lovren and Jake O’Brien, it was the criticized executives who responded like Corentin Tolisso, Maxence Caqueret, in the middle, and especially up front with Alexandre Lacazette who finally supported his teammates by scoring Lyon’s three goals.
He opened the scoring after a first header from O’Brien receiving a corner (25th) before achieving the double by taking a first shot from Tolisso hitting the post after a free kick from Rayan Cherki poorly dismissed by the Toulouse defense (29th).
The penalty that could have changed everything
Subsequently, Lyon somehow retained its lead, sometimes with a little success. Anthony Lopes notably repelled a penalty from Thijs Dallinga which he himself had conceded for a foul on Gabriel Suazo (45+2). The second period was dominated by the TFC which created a few situations by Frank Magri in which Lopes intervened (47th, 60th).
But Lacazette was again dangerous against Guillaume Restes (67th) before bringing the score to 3-0 at the end of the game by taking a shot from Mahamadou Diawara poorly returned by the Toulouse defense at point blank range for his sixth goal this season. Conversely, OL did not concede a goal for the fourth time this season, after draws against Nice and Le Havre (0-0) and the victory at Rennes (1-0).
(With AFP)
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