The game: 0-1
Bruno Irles has just arrived in Troyes, Peter Bosz fears leaving Lyon faster than expected, and it is the most threatened coach who won their duel this Sunday. As OL won their first match since November 28 in Montpellier (1-0), Bosz will be able to prepare a little more calmly for the derby against Saint-Etienne next Sunday, but the pressure cannot fade away. blow because this success in Aube (1-0) only moved his team from eleventh to tenth place. She was helped by the very generous penalty whistled to sanction a perfectly involuntary hand from Palmer-Brown, who could not see that he was going to touch the ball. Moussa Dembélé was therefore able to open the scoring by taking Gallon (33rd) on the wrong foot, who went through very hot minutes before the break.
The Trojan goalkeeper pushed back two shots from Paqueta (29th, 41st), each time served by Guimaraes, he came out well against Dembélé (44th) and was saved by his post on a shot from Dubois that had gone well. infiltrated (45th). Although he had to be vigilant against Shaqiri (85th), his second period was infinitely quieter as Lyon were less dangerous, without really being bothered by Trojans who had only solicited Lopes thanks to a Conté strike (24th). ), before suggesting that the OL was going to crack again in the final minutes.
Just before the final whistle, Renaud Ripart thought he equalized after receiving a corner but his acrobatic return was pushed back in front of the line, and OL were able to breathe. Seventeenth, Troyes has at least a chance to react on Wednesday in Montpellier, where the match postponed last weekend due to Covid-19 will take place.
The player: Moussa Dembélé relieves OL
OL’s problems this winter are particularly embodied in the ineffectiveness of their attackers. While waiting for the expected arrival of Sardar Azmoun, it was Moussa Dembélé who was at the forefront in Troyes, and he took the opportunity to open the scoring from the penalty spot (33rd).
His fiftieth Lyon goal is not at all anecdotal on the scale of the former international Espoirs, who had not scored since September 12 against Strasbourg (3-1). Victim of a fibula crack, he played seven L1 matches before finding the light this Sunday. He had the opportunity to score twice but he lost his duel against Gallon (44th) and was replaced by Malo Gusto (81st), when OL were less comfortable.
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The Lyonnais scored their fifth penalty this season in L1, and they are only overtaken in the exercise by Monaco (7).
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