This Friday afternoon, Lyon visited Strasbourg for the opening of the 33rd round of the French Championshipat the La Meinau stadium, in Strasbourg (FRA), and won by 2 to 1. Morgan Sanson opened the scoring for the hosts, but Castello Lukeba and Maxence Caqueret turned for the visitors.
Thus, Les Gones recover from the defeat in the last round and reach 53 points, in seventh place. Now, the distance for the classification zone to the European leagues is three points.
On the other hand, Strasbourg has a sequence of two consecutive triumphs ended. The team is in 15th place, with 32 goals conquered – tied with Brest, which opens the relegation zone, but which has one less game.
In the next round, therefore, Lyon will host Montpellier, at 12:05 pm (Brasília time) on Sunday (7), at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, in Décines-Charpieu (FRA). A little earlier, from 10 am, Strasbourg will visit Nantes, at the Beaujoire stadium, in Nantes (FRA).
Strasbourg and Lyon goals
Lyon even opened the scoring ten minutes into the first half, with Bradley Barcola, but the goal was disallowed by VAR, as the striker was in an offside position. Five minutes later, Strasbourg responded with Morgan Sanson, who shot from inside the area to make it 1-0.
The visitors’ reaction started in the 32nd minute. Castello Lukeba took advantage of the rebound and puffed up the nets to leave everything the same. Four minutes later, Maxence Caqueret received a pass from Brazilian Henrique and turned the match around.
Already in the final additions of the game, at 46 minutes, Castello Lukeba received the second yellow and was expelled from the field, leaving Lyon with ten. However, Strasbourg failed to take advantage of numerical superiority to tie the match.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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