With such a performance, Ligue 1 could be sold more easily. Olympique Lyonnais secured their first success of the season on Friday 30 August at home, at the end of an impressive second half.
Trailing 3-1 after the hour mark, Lyon defeated Strasbourg (4-3) thanks in particular to a double from Gift Orban, who came on as a substitute at the start of this opening match for the 3.my championship day.
He entered at 59my In the 64th minute, Orban replaced Georges Mikautadze with acrobatic deflection from Alexandre Lacazette’s left-wing cross to equalise at 3-3 (64′).my) before victoriously heading in a cross, also from the left, from Malick Fofana, who came in at the same time as him, to finally give OL the lead (4-3, 72my).
Earlier, Ainsley Maitland-Niles had put Olympique Lyon on the right track by reducing the gap to 3-2 after a Lacazette shot hit the crossbar (61).my).
Maitland-Niles then redeemed himself well. Before that, he had been involved in Strasbourg’s second and third goals. He was initially beaten by Andrey Santos who headed in a cross from Dilane Bakwa (2-1, 48).my) before losing a ball on the halfway line to Caleb Wiley, who sent a deep shot to Emanuel Emegha. He then won his duel with goalkeeper Lucas Perri to make it 3-1 (58my).
A long inefficiency
races, 7my of qualification while waiting for the other matches of the day, had opened the scoring from the start thanks to the Swede Sebastian Nanasi receiving a cross from the right from Bakwa taking advantage of the errors of Duje Caleta-Car and Clinton Mata (1-0, 3my).
The Alsatians, too technically feverish, were unable to maintain their various advantages against a determined OL team but showed too many deficiencies in midfield. The Rhône-Alpes, who provisionally date back to the 11th century,my They were also ineffective for a long time in the finishing area, such as the interventions of goalkeeper Karl Johnson against Lacazette (11my) or Mikautadze (23my45+1).
Johnson also deflected a header from Moussa Niakhaté (30′) onto the crossbar.my) before losing to a shot from Corentin Tolisso who equalised (1-1) after a first attempt by Lacazette hit the post at the end of the first half (45 + 2).
“An encounter with ourselves”
This first win of the season for OL relieves some of the pressure that was beginning to weigh on the club after two early defeats at Rennes (3-0) and against Monaco (2-0). It will allow us to get through the international break more calmly before travelling to Lens on the weekend of 14 September.
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This Friday also allowed Olympique Lyonnais to close its transfer window with the arrivals of defender Warmed Omari and striker Wilfried Zaha, on loan from Rennes and Galatasaray respectively, while midfielder Orel Mangala is on loan to Everton and striker Mama Baldé has transferred to Brest pending the signing of Galatasaray striker Wilfried Zaha on loan.
But let’s not kid ourselves: the rather low level of the match, with many close calls from both sides but spectacular in terms of the number of goals, should not hide the weaknesses of OL who have already conceded eight goals in three days. Lyon will have to seriously raise their overall level to meet their objectives of fighting for the top of the table, aiming for the Champions League and being ambitious in the Europa League.
