Romain Faivre sparkling, the Lorient defense takes on water… Find our Tops and Flops of Lyon’s victory in Lorient (1-4).
TOPS
Romain Faivre launches his Lyon adventure
What a match from Romain Faivre! Arrived this winter to compensate for the departure of Xerdan Shaquiri, the 23-year-old winger has unlocked his counter in his new colors. And how ! Author of a double (5th, 78th), the former Brestois managed a full match having had incessant activity both on his side and in the axis of the field. Romain Faivre did not hesitate to pick up and sometimes took the game by dezoning as on the second Lyon goal scored by Dembélé, where he is in the central circle and launches Toko Ekambi perfectly. Finally, Faivre comes out with 103 balls hit, 3 crosses attempted, 4 successful dribbles and will have constantly weighed on the opposing defense. Kindly mocked by its president Jean-Michel Aulas for his lack of efficiency since his arrival, Romain Faivre has therefore responded on the ground!
Lyon entertainment on fire
Everything will have succeeded for the Lyonnais tonight! Les Gones had a full match to easily win against FC Lorient. Criticized for their lack of efficiency for several weeks, the men of Peter Bosz were not asked. The three attackers were decisive with a double from Romain Faivre, a goal and an assist for Moussa Dembélé and finally a goal from Karl Toko Ekambi (59th). Even midfielders Caqueret and Aouar were there by constantly providing an additional presence around the opposing area. The Lyon offensives constantly brought danger to Dreyer’s cage and combined a lot. Houssem Aouar, who wore the Lyon jersey for the 200th time in his career, notably delivered an assist on Faivre’s second goal.
FLOPS
The Breton defense picks up
The score is heavy for Lorient who nevertheless gave the impression of resisting, especially in the first period. But faced with the attacks from Lyon, the Breton defense suffered a lot on its ground. The side mainly were in difficulty this evening. Vincent Le Goff and Houboulang Mendes were often overtaken by Karl Toko Ekambi and Romain Faivre. Several times taken behind their backs and too easily eliminated in one on one, the Breton side had a very difficult evening, as did the two centrals Moritz Jenz and Leo Petrot. It must be said that the Lyonnais played a large part of the match in the Lorient camp and did not leave their opponents much breathing room. But the defenders aren’t the only ones struggling.
A harmless attack
Despite a result that was difficult to take, Christophe Pélissier’s men gave the impression of resisting, at least visually. In the first period in particular, the Bretons had several interesting possession phases and managed to create several chances. Unfortunately, their attacks were not sharp enough to worry the Lyonnais. Yet when you look at the stats, both teams have both shot 15 times on goal. Only the Lorientais missed the target 8 times. Thomas Monconduit’s partners also sometimes lacked lucidity and success, like Moffi who missed a superb opportunity to bring his team down to 2-1 just before the break but came up against Lopes who came out very well. We will have to be more realistic next Sunday against Clermont in an important game for the maintenance race.
