Xherdan Shaqiri and Jerome Boateng make Lyon debut in Strasbourg win – The New Indian Express
PARIS: Xherdan Shaqiri and Jerome Boateng made their Lyon debuts in Sunday’s 3-1 win over Strasbourg as Peter Bosz’s side won for the second game in a row after a poor start to the Ligue 1 season.
Moussa Dembele’s formidable volley put Lyon ahead after seven minutes at Groupama Stadium, with ex-Liverpool winger Shaqiri crossing for Jason Denayer with a header in a second just past the hour.
Boateng, who left Bayern Munich this summer after 10 years at the club, came on for the final 30 minutes after arriving on a free transfer.
The 2014 World Cup winner was found guilty on Thursday of assaulting his ex-girlfriend while on vacation in the Caribbean three years ago, and fined 1.8 million euros (2 million euros). dollars) by a Munich court.
Lucas Paqueta added a third for Lyon by sweeping a pass from Houssem Aouar, with Habib Diallo catching Strasbourg late consolation from the penalty spot after a handball.
Lyon, which has not won any of its first three games, climbed to seventh place, seven points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Nice remained undefeated after a 2-0 win at Nantes thanks to late goals from Danish forwards Kasper Dolberg and Amine Gouiri.
Nice are fourth but have one game less after their August 22 match against Marseille was abandoned following a pitch invasion by Nice supporters.
The club were tied down by one point this week following the ugly incidents, and league officials have ordered the game to be replayed behind closed doors on neutral ground.
“We were not happy. We were on the pitch and we feel punished,” said Nice captain Dante.
“But in life you can’t let your head drop. Especially after injustice or bad decisions. We have to work hard and do our best this season.”
Nice, backed by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, will not appeal the decision. They were leading the Mediterranean derby 1-0 when the game was interrupted in the 75th minute.
“I did not have the impression that the group was affected,” said Nice coach Christophe Galtier. “But obviously they would have preferred to keep the points they could earn on the pitch.”