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Lille-Lyon recalled the extent to which Bruno Genesio had made his mark in the Ligue 1 landscape. Banned in his region, the LOSC coach often strived to thwart the plans of his former club when he was in charge of Rennes.
It is with this desire to make another move to build on its good momentum that Lille welcomed OL, at the dawn of a European week that is still very busy for both clubs. For its part, Pierre Sage’s formation presented itself with an eleven more in line with its ambitions, a few days after a large rotation which had not borne fruit against AJ Auxerre (2-2). And in this duel at the top of the table, no one had the last word.
HAS everyone has their own half-time
More effective in both areas in the first period, Bruno Genesio’s men found the opening after a quarter of an hour of play thanks to the inevitable Jonathan David (1-0, 17th). With high and intense pressing, LOSC could have doubled the lead in this first act dominated by head and shoulders.
A turning point, certainly, since the second half was completely Lyon. Always ambitious in their approach, the Lyonnais set out to keep the ball against Lille ready to attack as soon as they recovered. Maitland-Niles could have equalized but his goal was refused after VAR intervention (78th). It was only a postponement. In a crazy and unbridled end to the match, OL logically equalized with a superb extended recovery from Fofana (1-1, 90th+1). If this result does not suit anyone immediately, Lille still temporarily climbs onto the podium, while Lyon enters the top 5.
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