THE HUGE STOP OF LOPES!
Bad recovery from Boateng and Tchouaméni sends the ball deep to Ben Yedder! The French international cleverly gives Gelson Martins who misses his shot a little. Lopes diverts!
Paqueta misses the target
Lyon reaction with its genius Paqueta! He gets out of a marking with his arm and continues with a strike with the right foot at the entrance to the surface. It’s next to !
A troubled defense
Lyon is in great difficulty on each Monegasque acceleration! Gelson Martins overtakes Boateng and gives it to Ben Yedder who sees his cross captured by Lopes.
THE BUUUUUUT OF JEAN LUCAS!
It is a former Lyonnais who is beating down OL! Ben Yedder works well with Diop who launches him on a heel! The French striker stings his ball and finds the head of Jean Lucas. Lopes diverts in his little net! 1 to 0!
Volland of attack
Already a good overflow from Volland who centers hard in the area but Gelson Martins commits a fault!
MONACO-LYON KICK-OFF!
And let’s go for this Monaco-Lyon! OL travel to Monaco, which is close behind them in the standings, with the ambition of returning to the top spots in the race for Europe.
The line-up of Monaco
Nübel – Aguilar, Disasi, Maripan, Caio – Gelson, Tchouaméni, Jean Lucas, Diop – Ben Yedder, Volland
OL line-up with Paqueta
Faivre and Ndombele will still have to wait, Bosz keeps a three-man defense. Up front, Emerson will play on the left wing, Paqueta is back.
Lopes – Dubois, Boateng, Lukeba – Gusto, Caqueret, Mendes, Henrique – Paqueta, Dembélé, Emerson
Monaco: don’t lose sight of the Champions League
Qualified for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, Monaco remains focused on the championship, with its objective of returning to the Champions League next season, but ASM is still far from it. Just like their evening opponent, who has not been very successful in the past, the team from the Principality has no choice and must enforce their law at home to avoid being knocked off the podium.
Lyon recruits at work?
In addition to Romain Faivre, who faces one of his former clubs, AS Monaco, on Saturday (9 p.m.), Tanguy Ndombélé is putting on the OL costume on the Rock. The midfielder loaned by Tottenham on the last day of the transfer window, Monday, chose to return to the Rhône, the place where he hatched at the highest level between 2017 and 2019.
“Lyon is not the easiest option for me. It’s not easy to come back for three and a half months,” the 25-year-old said on Wednesday before this “lightning mission”, for which he feels physically ‘ready’ despite having zero playing time in London for almost a month.
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With their two recruits, Tanguy Ndombele and Romain Faivre, but without Xherdan Shaqiri, OL must close the gap that separates them from the top places in the standings, synonymous with their presence in the European Cup next season, the ambition displayed by the club at the start of the season. But for the moment, OL are lagging behind despite their very good victory against OM, and a misstep on Monegasque soil could cloud their prospects in the home straight of the championship. Only one watchword counts: winning.