Olympique Lyonnais is still not taking off after its defeat on the lawn of Brest, new leader of Ligue 1.
Premiere night for Fabio Grosso. This Saturday, the Italian coach led his first match as coach of theOlympique Lyonnais. For his debut, the 2006 world champion took to the lawn of the Brest Stadium3rd in Ligue 1 after an excellent start to the season and who has ever greater ambitions.
Despite several strong choices in the lineup, including the departure of Rayan Cherki from the starting lineup, the Lyonnais were soon completely dominated by the Brest surge. The locals increased their attacks on Pau Lopes’ goal, like Pierre Lees-Melou, Romain Del Castillo and Jérémy Del Castillo who even found the post in the 24th minute.
Lyon largely dominated
With their heads underwater, the Gones failed to appear dangerous and only shot on goal for the first time at the end of the first period on a blocked shot from Corentin Tolisso. Despite 13 attempts by the Bretons, the two teams returned to the locker room with a goalless draw.
The second act starts again at the same pace, Brest continues its domination but cannot find the fault against a Anthony Lopes great nights and who somehow keeps his team afloat. For their part, the Lyonnais finally struck a little on goal but did not manage to find themselves in a position to really worry Marco Bizot.
Deliverance, finally
The deliverance finally came in the 87th minute for the SB29 by Steve Mounié who, after a header pushed back by the post, took a Kenny Lala cross and finally opened the scoring for Brest after their 24th strike of the match. The attacker who came on was very close to scoring twice again with a header from a corner, but Lopes kept his team alive.
🏴☠️ OHH Steve Mounié who first finds the post then a few seconds later, the net!#SB29OL 1-0 / THE GOAL HERE ➡️ https://t.co/KiP2hgdzdh pic.twitter.com/dqrUasLSzy
— Free Ligue 1 (@FreeLigue1) September 23, 2023
The Brestois finally won 1-0 and continued their incredible start to the season by taking the lead in the championship. For their part, OL are still chasing their first victory of the season. Despite the arrival of Grosso on the bench, the Lyonnais will have to fight to get out of this 16th place with 2 points in 6 matches.
