After three victories and as many friendly outings this summer to properly prepare for the resumption of the championship but also the preliminary rounds of the Champions League, OL fell this Saturday.
Against the Czechs from Slavia Prague, the Lyonnais lost 0-2. “ It’s important to play against these teams to test our physical capacity, our aggressiveness, our defensive structure. It was a good test. Now we need to start working on other things. The team is in very good physical condition. We need to calm down a little on this point », Says Paulo Fonseca, the Gones coach as relayed on the club’s official website.
Earlier in the day, AS Monaco logically dominated Saint-Priest (N1) with a score of 5-2; Lens beat Boulogne-sur-Mer (L2) 4-2; Lille got the better of the Belgian team from La Louvière with a score of 3-0. The day before, OM had also won their first test of the summer as part of their training in Ivory Coast, defeating Yamoussoukro FC 3-0.
Weekend results for Ligue 1 clubs
Friday July 17
Le Havre – Amiens (L3): 1-2
Rennes – Guingamp (L2): 3-1
Yamoussoukro FC (CIV) – OM: 0-3
Saturday July 18
Monaco – Saint-Priest (N1): 5-2
Lens – Boulogne-sur-Mer (L2): 4-1
Paris FC – Reims (L2): 1-0
Lille – La Louvière (BEL): 3-0
Lorient – Nantes (L2): 1-0
Troyes – Red Star (L2): 1-0
Nice – Nîmes (N1): 4-0
Auxerre – Lusitanos Saint-Maur (N1): 5-2
Le Mans – La Roche-sur-Yon (L3): 2-3
Brest – Concarneau (L3): 2-2
OL – Slavia Prague (RTC): 0-2
