Lyon won their first victory of the season in Nantes at the opening of the 4th day of Ligue 1 on Friday.
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The crisis is moving away for Lyon, winner of its first match of the season Friday, August 27 in Nantes (1-0) on a goal from Moussa Dembele. Dominant in the game, OL owe a lot to their goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, author of numerous saves against the Canaries.
The air has returned to the banks of the Rhône. In apnea since the arrival of Peter Bosz, OL are slowly rising to the surface. Faced with the club’s worst start to the season for 29 years (2 draws and 1 loss), the Dutch technician already had to provide first aid. Adept at electroshock with strong words, he seems to have boosted his troops for their trip to Nantes. And without departing from his ideas of play which gave nearly 74% of possession to the Gones in the first period.
Patient failing to be hard-hitting, Lyon surprised Nantes on an individual feat from Paqueta. Found on a long ball from Guimaraes, the Brazilian mystified Fabio with superb control of the oriented chest. If he stumbled on an inspired Lafont, Moussa Dembele followed well to place the ball in the net (0-1, 35th). The Canaries goalkeeper had already had to work early in the game on a free kick from Paqueta (8th) while Aouar had sent his shot over the bar (25th).
The second period was more bland for the Lyonnais, jostled by the more enterprising Nantes (18 shots in total). This time, OL were not going to repeat the same mistakes as against Clermont (3-3) where they conceded two goals in the last ten minutes. Imperial in his goals, Lopes ended up disgusting the Ligériens as he had done from the first seconds on a heavy strike from Bukari (1st). His festival continued throughout the match in front of Castelletto (36th), Corchia (45th) and Blas (78th) before a final decisive stop against Moutoussamy (87th).
Always well placed and unadorned, he reassured his partners in the last minutes while Da Silva had left the match before the others for a second warning (78th). Twice, the Rhone central defender had left his hands lying on the face of the Nantes attackers. The scenario of this end of the game did not allow Shaqiri to make his big debut in the jersey of Lyon which could have made the match easier if Paqueta (67th) and Aouar (70th) had managed the KO goal. OL will be satisfied with that before receiving Strasbourg and going to Paris for the first big shock of this season.
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