We will still have to rely on Lyon to seek a European place at the end of the season. After a complicated month of February (a success against Nice but also a draw and two defeats), OL performed well in Lorient (4-1). The Lyon club prepared its knockout round of the Europa League perfectly on Wednesday at the Dragon stadium against Porto. After his victory in Brest (1-0), Lorient, totally overwhelmed, relapsed and remains 16th.
What you must remember
Tenth before this day following its controversial defeat because of the goal disallowed at Paqueta against Lille (0-1), Lyon had no room for error on the lawn of Moustoir. Peter Bosz had again been reinforced until the end of the season this week by its president Jean-Michel Aulas. But his team wasted no time. After a good job from Karl Toko Ekambi, Romain Faivre, on a handover from Paqueta, deceives Matthieu Dreyer without control (0-1, 6th). Transferred from Brest in the January transfer window for 15 million euros, the Parisian from 92 scored his first goal with OL. Faivre is still at the origin of the 2nd goal. After a recovery, it was he who started the counter which ended in Emerson’s cross for Moussa Dembélé. With a heel, the Lyon striker scored his ninth goal of the season (0-2, 26th). OL managed an almost perfect first period.
If Terem Moffi reduced the score (1-2, 57th), the Lyonnais did not have time to doubt. Involved in the first two goals by being the penultimate passer, Karl Toko Ekambi scores in turn after a one-two with Dembélé (1-3, 59th). It is his 7th goal in L1, the 13th in all competitions this season. Well launched by Houssem Aouar who found a starting place for the first time since January 21, Romain Faivre offers himself the double on a beautiful ball stung (1-4, 78th). Bosz can bring in Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (83rd). A small event. The midfielder had not played in L1 since February 3, 2020 and a match against Monaco with Nice where he had suffered a new rupture of the cruciate ligaments. The evening was a success on all counts.
Man of the Match: Romain Faivre
This week in the team, the president Jean-Michel Aulas had sent a small spade to Romain Faivre: “” he still lacks a little strength in the strikes, we saw it on Sunday (against Lille) “. But the offensive rookie of the transfer window, arrived from Brest, regained efficiency by finding the air of Brittany. Faivre waited for his 5th match with OL to finally prove decisive. He scored a nice double to complete a full performance. In Brest, he had made a big first part of the season in Brest with 7 goals, 5 assists in 21 L1 games.
The number: 1
It is the first time this season that Lyon have scored 4 goals in a Ligue 1 match. The last time was on May 16, 2021 in Nîmes (5-2).
The reactions
Romain Faivre (middle of Lyon, at the microphone of Prime Video). “The president’s interview? That’s a good answer… No, frankly, I don’t pay attention to any of that. I’m happy to score my first two goals in the Lyon shirt. I hope they call more. The comrades try to put me in the best conditions, little by little, I will gain more and more confidence. It is sure that this match is good collectively. We recited a good score. »
Ibrahima Kone (attacker from Lorient, at the microphone of Prime Video). “We came across a much stronger team than us. We weren’t up to it, we weren’t good in front of goal. »