Laurent Blanc made his debut on the Lyon bench in the defeat to Rennes at Roazhon Park (3-2). The former Barça, Inter and Manchester United defender freed Dutchman Peter Bosz from the Olympique bench this week but did not correct his course in Ligue 1.
Lyon have not won since September 3, six days ago. The change of coach did not change the dynamics of the team, which conceded its fifth defeat in the French championship, all of them in the last six days.
And that didn’t faze Blanc’s team, who capitalized on Alexander Lacazette’s goal and then responded when the rival came from behind. But Lyon suffered from the equalizer at the end of the break achieved by Martin Terrier and the Cameroonian Amine Gouiri’s 2-1 at the start of the second half.
Lacazette managed to level the game again, in the 72nd minute, but five minutes later, Martin Terrier scored the third for Rennes and Lyon were unable to overcome it. The Bretons are fifth, in the European zone.
Nice continues its irregularity
For its part, Nice can’t chain two straight wins. They were also unable to win at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps against newly promoted Auxerre (1-1), despite putting the match on track thanks to Andy Delort in the opening minutes. Unable to protect their advantage, the locals managed to equalize and avoid defeat to add a point that would have lifted them out of the relegation zone.
Nantes thrashed the bottom team
Nantes had a strong reaction against bottom Brest (4-1) at the Beaujoire stadium to rediscover victory. The French Cup champion, who missed a goal from Ludovic Blas at the start, fought in goal against Senegalese Noah Fadiga after 18 minutes. In one minute, in the last quarter hour of the first half, Antoine Kombouaré’s team turned the situation around.
In the 35th minute, Nigerian Moses Simon equalized by converting a penalty and one later, Cameroonian Ignatius Ganago put the locals ahead.
Nantes ended the scoring in the final minutes with goals from Mohamed Mostafa and Moussa Sissoko. Nantes escape from the bottom while Michel der Zakarian’s Armenian team remains anchored in last place.
Tables in Troyes-Ajaccio
Troyes and Ajaccio drew at the Stade de l’Aube leaving the half satisfied. Oliver Pantaloni’s visitors could have taken the lead with a penalty kick which Riad Nouri missed. The shock moved in the last quarter of an hour. Jackson Porozo first put the hosts ahead but with two to spare, Mounaim El Idrissy avoided defeat for Ajaccio, third from last in the standings.
Source: La Verdad
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