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Sinayoko also tries his luck, at the same distance, with his left foot. Greif reads the trajectory perfectly and catches to reassure his team.
Two minutes of added time in this first period.
Tessmann unleashes a heavy strike from twenty-five meters. The ball starts well but ends up just to the right of Léon’s goal.
OL tried as best they could to regain control of the match, but the game remained far too stereotypical to really worry Auxerre.
Following a Lyon corner, Léon misses on his exit, timid and poorly controlled, and lets the ball slip away. But the Auxerre captain finally gets a foul in the duel against the Lyonnais.
Greif was once again decisive by capturing a low shot from Mara without trembling. The Slovak goalkeeper has been impeccable since the start of the match.
Since Satriano’s on-target shot a quarter of an hour ago, the Lyonnais have no longer managed to create the slightest danger. OL is gradually dying out under the Auxerre push.
Mr. Leonard definitely has work to do in this match. The central referee has been blowing the whistle for several minutes, a sign of a constantly choppy pace.
After a short time of reflection, Mr. Léonard finally chose not to sanction Matondo.
Another burning situation for Auxerre with a center fleeing from Sy towards Danois, with no solution behind. The action was finally stopped by Mr. Leonard: Matondo hit Greif, who remained on the ground and was treated on the lawn.
Yellow card for G. Mensah. The Ghanaian is logically warned after a rough intervention on Karabec.
OL have been miraculous so far… The Lyonnais are faltering everywhere but are still standing.
SINAYOKO MISSES HIS PENALTY!! The Malian striker rushes and chooses the right side of Greif, who leaves perfectly and makes a decisive horizontal to maintain his clean sheet.
PENALTY FOR AUXERRE!! Niakhaté completely misses his restart and lets Mara tumble towards the surface. While trying to catch him, the Senegalese central defender clipped him on the legs. Double error which costs the Lyonnais dearly.
SATRIANO! At the edge of the area, the Lyon striker took advantage of a hazardous header by Diomandé to unleash a powerful strike. Léon relaxes to his right and deflects the ball with a firm hand.
Yellow card for K. Merah. The Lyon playmaker is cautioned for surrounding Namaso.
Namaso makes a huge start to the match. The Cameroonian striker brings his team up forty meters with each ball, with a power that bends the Lyon defense.
The Auxerre pressing completely suffocated the Lyonnais, some frankly panicking in their last thirty meters. A very complicated start for visitors, caught at the entrance gorge.
Free warning for the Lyonnais, who will have to quickly step up the pace if they do not want to create an unpleasant surprise.
GOAL REFUSED FOR AUXERRE! At the edge of the area, Matondo sends a sumptuous volley which leaves Greif no chance. But the AJA is immediately disillusioned: Mara lightly shoved Mata in the back during the action, pushing Mr. Léonard to cancel the production.
Auxerre has clearly been raising its voice for several minutes. The Lyonnais are struggling more and more to string together passes and are falling back under pressure.
Satriano must constantly struggle with long balls sent into his area. For the moment, the former Brestois is struggling to get rid of a tight marking which is suffocating him.
OL responded with a header from Satriano, well placed in the area to catch a whipped cross from Karabec. Léon reads the trajectory perfectly and intervenes, depriving the Uruguayan striker of his first goal in the Lyon jersey.
Following a loss of the ball by Tessmann, Namaso inherits the leather in the area. After a series of leg passes, the Cameroonian striker strikes, but Mata pushes away with his left foot.
The ball is confiscated by the Lyonnais, who exchange it without any real pressure from the Auxerre pressing. The visitors must now find more depth to shake up the opposing block.
Aggressive start from the Lyonnais with a sharp pass from Niakhaté to Satriano, whose deflection finds no takers.
IT’S GOING TO AUXERRE!!
The players enter the pitch!
For his part, Christopher Pélissier cannot rely on Senaya, Sierralta, Coulibaly, Siwe, Buayi-Kiala and Owusu, all in the infirmary.
Paulo Fonseca is deprived of many players for this trip. Kluivert, Mangala, Ghezzal, Nuamah and Fofana are injured while Tagliafico, Hateboer and Morton are suspended.
Lyon’s starting lineup : Greif – Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhaté, Abner – Tessmann, Tolisso (cap.) – Karabec, Merah, Afonso Moreira – Satriano.
Auxerre starting lineup : Léon (cap.) – Sy, Diomandé, Akpa, Mensah – Matondo, El Azzouzi, Danish – Sinayoko, Mara, Namaso.
Deprived of victory for three days (3-3 and 0-0 draws against Paris FC and Brest, 3-2 defeat against PSG), OL fell to seventh place in the elite. A victory in Burgundy could allow him to regain the top 4, at worst 5th tied with Losc (if he wins in the evening).
Last in Ligue 1, three lengths behind Brest (first club outside the red zone), Auxerre is in a catastrophic series of one point taken… out of twenty-one possible. AJA remains on four defeats in a row: against Le Havre (0-1), Strasbourg (3-0), OM (0-1) and Angers (2-0).
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