PSG is mathematically the champion of the 12th Ligue 1 in its history, tenth in the last 12 seasons, after the defeat of Monaco, second in the table, during its visit to Lyon (3-2).
Three days before the end of the French championship, Luis Enrique’s team, who became virtual champions despite drawing at home on Saturday at the Parc des Princes against Le Havre (3-3), overtook Monaco by 12 points, with only victory. could he postpone the certain alliance of the Parisians.
Ben Yedder scored after 22 seconds
Rl Monaco opened the scoring just 22 seconds into the game, although it took several minutes for VAR to validate it. Its author was Wissam Ben Yedder, who pushed the far post ball centered from the left by Maghnes Akliouche that Folarin Balogun was unable to finish at first.
Lyon reacted with more character than play but managed to pull back the score with two goals in four minutes by capitalizing on two defensive errors by Monaco.
Lyon would come back four minutes later
Alexandre Lacazette equalized with his 16th Ligue 1 goal by heading a cross from Saïd Benrahma’s baseline into an empty net after center back Guillermo Maripán and local midfielder Nemanja cannot finish (22′).
Four minutes later, Benrahma made it 2-1 with a dead ball after a cross from the right by Clinton Mata.
Ben Yedder ties and his hat trick is disallowed
Monaco, who were frustrated in the first half, came out with more intensity in the second half and Ben Yedder, who had not scored since February, equalized by heading in a cross from Youssouf Fofana for his 13th goal in Ligue 1 (61′).
In the following play, Ben Yedder achieved a hat trick with a cross shot that went near the post and even had a great volley goal disallowed after a free kick due to millimeter offside.
Malick Fofana sentence at the end
It was the best phase of the match, where either team could have won, but Malick Fofana finally took the match in Lyon’s favor by escaping alone in a counterattack after a good pass in space by Lacazette ( 84′).
The victory allows Lyon to move up to seventh place, two points behind the European places, while Monaco remain strong, although now only two points behind Brest, who beat Rennes 4-5.
Source: La Verdad
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