The delay was too big for Olympique Lyonnais to make up for. Despite a good second half, Lacazette and his teammates lost 3 goals to 2 at the opening of the 19th day of Ligue 1 against Stade Rennais. Brilliant in the first half, with a double from Martin Terrier and a goal from Désiré Doué, the Bretons were able to hold on in the second half.
We actually thought the match was over at half-time: Rennes had scored three goals and Lyon had never really managed to worry their opponents. Revolted, the supporters present at the Groupama Stadium in Décines (Rhône) had even started to greet each Rennes pass with “olé” and finally booed each Lyon possession…
The atmosphere was completely different in the second half and Pierre Sage’s strategy was very different. The Lyon technician made a triple change after returning from the locker room: Rayan Cherki, Mahamadou Diawara and Malick Fofana leaving their respective places to Ernest Nuamah, Gift Orban and Henrique.
Lyon still 16th
It was Henrique who revived Olympique Lyonnais by scoring a first goal in the 57th minute, well served from behind by Maitland-Niles. Much more responsive than in the first half, Alexandre Lacazette definitely came to wake up the Lyon supporters by doubling the lead in the 78th minute. Insufficient. Suffering over the last twenty minutes of the match, Julien Stéphan’s men were able to hold on.
“We had a great first half, we pushed them to their limits,” said Rennais Arthur Theate on Prime Video. But we must not suffer these two goals in the second half, we are too nice in the area. » The defender nevertheless said he was satisfied to have “taken the three away points”.
The Lyonnais found themselves, like scenes already seen at the start of the season, confronted with the discontent of their supporters, who came to “explain” with them at the end of the match. “We didn’t manage to do the right thing, we’re all disappointed, we have to do better because at home we can’t lose 3-0 at half-time,” Henrique regretted. The supporters told us that they were not going to give up on us but that we had to react. » With this victory, the third in three Ligue 1 matches, Rennes climbs to 9th place in the championship standings. Lyon remains 16th.
