DECRYPTION – After OL’s difficult success against Brest, discover the highlights of the match retained by the Figaro.
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It was better not to be a spider at Groupama Stadium, during Lyon’s victory against Brest (2-1) this Sunday evening, as the skylights were so cleaned. With two strokes of genius from Pavel Sulc and Abner Vinicius, the Lyonnais managed to win this very important match for them. Initially, in a high-class solitary action, Sulc scored from an impossible angle by finding the right corner of Brest goalkeeper Grégoire Coudert. Then, just a few minutes later, the Lyon midfielder found the same area with a sumptuous long-range strike. Two magnificent goals from Lyon, in a melting Groupama Stadium for its 10th anniversary.
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A great first for Endrick
Of course, he didn’t score, but he delivered a nice assist for Abner on OL’s second goal. But what desire on the part of the Brazilian! And what talent! Named man of the match at the end of the match, the young player on loan from Real Madrid made numerous high-class technical moves and created several great chances. There is perhaps one he may regret, on this greedy dive attempted at the end of the first period. But this first in Ligue 1 is promising: a week after his first match, he once again showed everything he will be able to bring to Lyon in this second half of the season.
The suspense we love
The Lyonnais quietly led by two goals. Until the 87th minute, when Dina Ebimbe reduced the score. And completely reignited the suspense. For around ten minutes, the Bretons tried everything to equalize. The same Dina Ebimbe had the big opportunity, the final opportunity, a few minutes later. It came close, and who knows what could have happened next?
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The exclusion of Del Castillo
The first turning point of the match was inevitably the red card received by the Brest striker, who left his teammates at 10 for more than 70 minutes. His mistake was as stupid as it was useless, and the attacker immediately realized it. He certainly had no intention of causing harm by his intervention and he apologized directly to Nicolás Tagliafico. But the damage was done. A poorly controlled gesture, which has serious consequences for his team, which showed itself without ideas during the rest of the match.
The lack of maturity of the Lyonnais
Despite an insufficient first half and numerical superiority, OL were in front at half-time, with a two-goal lead. And if they managed to keep this advantage until the end of the match, despite the reduction in the score, they showed a real lack of maturity, on both sides of the field. Firstly by being unable to kill the match, despite the many chances they created in the second half. And above all by conceding a goal at the end of the match, which gave them a big cold sweat in the last minutes. Today it has passed, but that might not always be the case…
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