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At the entrance to the Lyon area, Lees-Melou strikes. His attempt is blocked. This is the first Parisian shot in this match.
The PFC tries to react in these last ten minutes of this first act.
For now, the game is still stopped at Jean-Bouin since Karabec is hit in the left shoulder.
Yellow card for T. De Smet, who arrived late for Karabec. After Chergui and Camara, this is the third Parisian to receive a warning this evening.
While we have just entered the last quarter of an hour of this first act, the PFC is still struggling to put its game in place against a good Lyon team.
Yellow card for A. Camara, author of a foul late in the central circle.
Afonso Moreira offside. Following a magnificent Lyon action, Karabec crosses. Sulc deflects the ball, Nkambadio then misses and Moreira is at the far post to score but the goal is disallowed for an offside position.
Foul by S. Chergui on Morton. Very late, the defender is not far from a second card in three minutes.
Free kick taken by T. Morton. The Englishman’s shot hits the wall and OL get a corner.
Yellow card for S. Chergui, guilty of a foul in the air on Tolisso with his elbow forward. This is the first card of the game, while Tolisso remains on the ground, hit in the back of the head.
Entrance of Mr. Simon
Release of J. Ikoné
After a long period of possession, Karabec, on the right side, enters the axis and crosses from the left. The ball is too slippery for Tolisso and Moreira and the latter goes six meters.
Another stoppage of play since Ikoné is on the ground. Starting for the first time since his return to France, the former Lille player complains about his right adductor. It seems to be over for the Parisian striker.
Free kick taken by A. Karabec but the referee stopped the game for a foul by Abner.
Very good work from Karabec against two Parisians. The Czech manages to obtain a free kick, along the touchline, 20 meters from Nkambadio’s goal.
On the right side, Ikoné tries to get rid of Abner but the Brazilian does not fall into the feint and recovers the ball.
A point on possession: Paris FC (56%) – Lyon (44%).
Thanks to this little goal from Tolisso, OL are second in Ligue 1, tied with PSG.
For the moment, the PFC is struggling to find the solution against a Lyon block well in place in this first quarter of an hour of play.
Found in the axis of the game, Tolisso looks for Karabec on the opposite side but De Smet is on the trajectory and can deflect the ball into touch.
At the start of the game, OL got their foot on the ball and dominated the proceedings against the Parisian club.
Small stoppage of play for Jean-Bouin since Tolisso remains on the ground, slightly injured in the right ankle.
Goal by C. Tolisso. Perfectly launched from deep, the OL captain took advantage of Mbow’s poor anticipation to rush to goal and with a low left shot, deceive Nkambadio. Les Gones opened the scoring. 0-1!
Afonso Moreira offside. Launched in depth, the young Portuguese goes to the end of his action but the flag finally rises for an illegal position.
Note that after the defeat of Lens and the draw for Paris Saint-Germain, OL have the opportunity to move onto the Ligue 1 podium.
It’s off to Jean-Bouin! The Lyonnais, deprived of Fofana for the next three months of competition, have just kicked off this game.
The two teams enter the pitch at the Jean-Bouin stadium.
For their part, OL, after two defeats in a row against Toulouse (1-2) then Nice (2-3), was able to react on Sunday evening by winning in the final moments of the game against Strasbourg (2-1) at Groupama Stadium. A result which allows the Lyonnais to remain at the top of the championship.
After an interesting start to the season, the PFC has been stalling for two days. The Parisians have just lost at Lens before losing at home last weekend against Nantes, 1-2 each time.
OL remain on a series of 15 matches with at least one goal scored on the pitch of a team promoted to Ligue 1 (27 goals in total), their longest series of this kind. We have to go back to August 2018 to find a failure in the exercise, in Reims (1-0 defeat).
After its victory acquired in added time against Strasbourg on Sunday (2-1), OL (4th) returned to the level of OM (3rd) in the standings, with 18 points, just two lengths behind the leader, PSG. Surprised by Nantes last Friday (1-2), the PFC fell to 11th place in L1.
Good evening and welcome to everyone to follow the match of the 10th day of Ligue 1 between Paris FC and OL. The kick-off will be given at 9:05 p.m. by Mr. Stinat.