OL dominates ASSE and wins the derby!

It's a historic poster which made its comeback in the French elite this Sunday evening. Indeed, it was derby day for the 11th day of Ligue 1 with the clash between Olympique Lyonnais and AS Saint-Étienne. At home, Les Gones played in a 4-3-3 with Lucas Perri serving as the last line of defense. In front of him, we found Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhaté and Nicolas Tagliafico. Corentin Tolisso and Jordan Veretout found themselves in midfield with Nemanja Matic a step further down. Rayan Cherki and Malick Fofana accompanied Alexandre Lacazette in attack. For their part, the Greens were organized in a 4-3-3 with Gautier Larsonneur in the cages behind Yvann Maçon, Dylan Batubinsika, Mickaël Nadé and Léo Pétrot. We found Benjamin Bouchouari, Pierre Ekwah and Louis Mouton in the middle of the field. In front, Augustine Boakye and Zuriko Davitashvili were associated with Lucas Stassin. After three years without a derby at Groupama Stadium, the tone quickly rose. After only less than a minute of play, the match was interrupted due to a large cloud of smoke caused by smoke bombs from the Lyon stands. For more than 8 minutes, the match was stopped and was then able to resume with more visibility. As a reminder, Saint-Etienne supporters have been banned from traveling for this meeting classified as high risk.

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Shifted to the right by Rayan Cherki, Jordan Veretout crossed hard towards the penalty spot. Corentin Tolisso arrived launched and armed a recovery which was repelled by Gautier Larsonneur (25th). Served on the left of the area after an exchange with Corentin Tolisso, Alexandre Lacazette armed a cross shot which ended on the right post of Gautier Larsonneur (26th). Starting on the left, Malick Fofana moved towards the center and struck into the area. His cross shot to the right of the goal was pushed back for a corner by Gautier Larsonneur (28th). Building on their domination, the Lyonnais opened the scoring. On a Lyon corner hit on the right by Rayan Cherki towards the far post, Duje Ćaleta-Car was found and headed towards the penalty spot. Corentin Tolisso then attempted a scissor which arrived in front of the goal where Alexandre Lacazette beat Gautier Larsonneur and finished with his knee under the crossbar (29th, 1-0). On the left in a tight angle, Rayan Cherki had worse luck in front of his area. His curled shot was repelled by Gautier Larsonneur. The sphere returned to the right of the area where Ainsley Maitland-Niles armed a cross-shot. Duje Ćaleta-Car did not take advantage at the far post and Mickaël Nadé kept the danger away (36th). Found behind by Malick Fofana on the left side in front of the Saint-Etienne area, Rayan Cherki armed a shot which passed just to the right of the goals of Gautier Larsonneur (45th + 2).

A soporific second period!

In the second half, both teams struggled to get the game going. The Greens nevertheless tried to react. Wanted on the right, Lucas Stassin missed his header. The ball ended up in touch (47th). On the left, Zuriko Davitashvili provoked and tried to combine with Lucas Stassin before being blocked (48th). Shifted to the right, Yvann Maçon decided to cross hard in front of the Lyon goal. The ball was cleared by the defense (49th). Full axis 25 meters from the cages, Zuriko Davitashvili attempted a soft shot which was easily captured by Lucas Perri (50th). Shifted by Zuriko Davitashvili to the right of the Lyon area, Yvann Maçon tried his luck, but Duje Ćaleta-Car intervened (55th). Shot from the left 25 meters from Zuriko Davitashvili's goal. It is once again easily captured by Lucas Perri (56th). OL then regained color. Malick Fofana found Ernest Nuamah on the left of the area who crossed back towards the penalty spot. Alexandre Lacazette collapsed in contact with Mickaël Nadé, but the referee did not flinch (67th). On an acceleration on the right, Ernest Nuamah sent a nice cross towards the near post, but Pierre Ekwah managed to clear in front of Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette (73rd).

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Full axis in front of the Saint-Etienne area, Ernest Nuamah armed a shot which was blocked before arriving on the left of the area. Malick Fofana attempted a recovery which was repelled by Gautier Larsonneur (75th). On the next action, the Gones were scared. Starting alone on the right behind the Lyon defense, Ibrahim Sissoko resisted Duje Ćaleta-Car and arrived in the area. His cross shot to the left of the goal was repelled by Lucas Perri (76th). Served behind by Dylan Batubinsika, Gautier Larsonneur missed his clearance which was blocked by Georges Mikautadze and returned in front of the Saint-Etienne goal. Ernest Nuamah followed well to double the lead. The goal was finally canceled for a handball (83rd). On a cross to the left from Léo Pétrot towards the Lyon goal where Ibrahima Wadji deflected with a header. Nicolás Tagliafico missed his clearance which went over his goal (87th). In front of the Lyon area on the left side, Aïmen Moueffek managed to pass and took his chance. His shot to the left of the goal was caught by Lucas Perri (90th + 3). The Pierre Sage players are therefore satisfied with the minimum (1-0), but the essential has been done against the green enemy. In the rankings, OL climbs to 5th position, while ASSE remains temporarily in 16th position. After the international break, Les Gones will play against Reims away, while the Greens will return to Geoffroy-Guichard to challenge Montpellier, during the 12th day of the French championship.