Olympique Lyonnais regained color by winning Friday evening on the AS Monaco pitch (0-1, 16th day of Ligue 1). Enough to temporarily move up to 16th place in the ranking.
The improvement seen last week against Toulouse (3-0) was ultimately not just an illusion. Traveling this Friday to AS Monaco, third in the championship, Olympique Lyonnais followed up with a second victory in a row (0-1, 16th day of Ligue 1). A first for Alexandre Lacazette and his partners this season. For the Rocher players, on the other hand, it’s a big setback and a bad operation in the fight at the top of the table.
One thing is certain, even if Monaco rather dominated in terms of ball possession over the entire match (59%), the success acquired by the Lyonnais cannot be described as a hold-up. There were opportunities on both sides. Certainly more on the Monegasque side, while OL were content to proceed on the counter, but several Gones, like Anthony Lopes author of numerous decisive saves (37th, 41st, 68th), were able to put themselves on the level of their opponents to believe in it until the end.
Jeffinho did not tremble
The lack of realism of Folarin Balogun also had its share of importance in Monaco’s inability to take the lead. If he tried a lot, the attacker especially missed narrowly like this header (38th) or this shot off target (66th). And in the little game of realism, it was OL who came out the best since on a well-executed counterattack, Tino Kadewere adjusted a small ball behind for Jeffinho who did not tremble to take it back victoriously (0-1, 85th).
Thanks to this success, Lyon temporarily moved up to sixteenth place in the ranking, synonymous with a play-off at the end of the season. But the important thing remains the dynamic set in motion by Pierre Sage and his group who will use it during the next day and the reception in Nantes. Monaco remains third, but now finds itself under the threat of a comeback from Lille, fourth, three points behind.
