Monaco dominate Lyon and get closer to the top 5
Placed in the heavyweight category behind PSG, Monaco and Lyon have been blowing hot and cold since the start of the season. Engaged in its European games, the Principality club was capable of the best as well as the worst, hanging Paris at the Parc des Princes while tripping over the mat against seemingly more affordable formations. The refrain is almost identical for OL, with the difference that Peter Bosz’s team waited this week to be sanctioned for their air holes in the game.
What face would these two teams offer for this great classic of the French championship? It is at this level that the key to this historically electric shock lay. Deprived of Volland, Philippe Clément had still relied on an animation in 3-4-3 but with a big surprise: no Ben Yedder holder. Although stung by Peter Bosz this week, the Lyon managers were present at the kickoff.
ASM more realistic
This balance of power has long been disputed, open and pleasant. The first act could have swung either way. He only lacked offensive realism once, at Lacazette (10th, 21st) or Tetê for OL (42nd) – or at Embolo (16th), Diatta (33rd) and Golovine on the Monegasque side (43rd). Perhaps he missed a zest of luck, too, the stirring Diatta seeing his attempt to crash into the post (15th). In short, all these beautiful people sniffed each other from a distance without any calculation, with a desire to hurt each action built.
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Everything finally came down to efficiency in the two zones of truth. And in this little game, it is the Monegasques who have the last word. The Principality club moved up a gear with a highlight that it was able to build on as soon as they returned from the locker room. And the most regrettable for the Lyonnais is that this difference was made on set pieces, with the precision of Caio Henrique’s foot. The side first kicked a perfect corner on the head of Badiashile (1-0, 56th), before putting the cover back, this time on a free kick, for the other round of control of the Monegasque defense, Maripan (2-0, 63rd).
OL, who had taken a hit on the head, raised their voices again in a suffocating last half hour. Les Gones reduced the gap by Toko-Ekambi, who took advantage of a good entry from Cherki, author of a millimeter center after a small number (2-1, 85th). But it was not enough. Despite multiple attacks on the Monegasque goal, the score did not change. This week with two defeats is a real setback for Lyon, which remains fifth but sees the evening opponent coming back to its rear-view mirror, while waiting to rub shoulders with what is best, next Sunday, against the big PSG.