Lyon hold, Le Havre and Angers revolt

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By: Manu Tournoux

The weeks follow one another and are not alike, in the four corners of the country, in this spring when everyone is playing over time, passing from the sun to the storm, suddenly. Above, below, and even between the two-ask for Lens-the nerves are put to the test. OL was believed to be put back on the right track after its superb victory against Rennes (3-1), but the Paulo Fonseca team was showered in its Groupama Stadium by Lensois still at the bottom of the hole after being swept by Auxerre last Sunday (0-4).

This match, the Lyonnais dominated it in just about all the compartments of the game: possession, the number of shots, the expected goals … Everything, except this realism which is proof at the time of the accounts. Ultra-efficient, the Sang et Or opened the scoring by Koyalipou (0-1, 21st) before showering the Lyon public on a superb strike from Zaroury (1-2, 85th). Meanwhile, OL had resurfaced on a whim from Mikautadze (1-1, 79th), but above all multiplied the hot situations against Ryan, which released a performance comparable to that he had delivered to the Vélodrome a few weeks ago.

Gones can also consider themselves injured in two disputed arbitral situations … An afternoon like the Lyon season, filled with obstacles. Physically, emotionally, this team left too many feathers so as not to crack. The next two weeks will say if this new false-pas is that of too much.

Le Havre and Angers still alive

What is certain is that the fight for maintenance will be just as asphyxiating, if not anymore. We thought Nantes Sauvé and Angers on a slippery slope. The SCO created a small feeling by giving a unexpected success on the lawn of its neighbor thanks to an oh so precious goal from Alvinah (0-1, 52nd). Fourteenth, Angers exceeds his host of the day … who sees his first pursuer in retro returning.

Because the most beautiful operation of this Sunday was certainly carried out by Le Havre. Led in Auxerre, on a hostile land, after a goal from Sinayoko (1-0, 62), the Normans had personality, courage and a lot of marrow to overthrow the situation by pushing Jubal to the fault to equalize (1-1, 79th), before winning the Gong thanks to Sangante (1-2, 90th+2). Le Havre will face Marseille and Strasbourg to end the season, so nothing is done. But Nantes, who will go to Auxerre, is in an uncomfortable posture.

Finally, Brest has reinforced its place in the first part of the table by respecting the logic against Montpellier (1-0). A rapid goal from Del Castillo (1-0, 15th) was enough for the happiness of the team of Eric Roy. Already relegated, Montpellier began his project for Ligue 2.