Lyon was ruthless. Despite the absence of ultras in response to the elimination against West Ham in the Europa League, Peter Bosz’s players crushed transparent Bordeaux this Sunday at Groupama Stadium (6-1), during the 32nd day of the championship. Karl Toko-Ekambi (26th, 68th) and Moussa Dembélé (20th, 92nd) both scored twice. Lyon goes back to 8th place with 49 points and can still dream of Europe. Bordeaux remains 19th, three points behind Clermont, now a roadblocker.
Admittedly, Lyon showed intensity, certainly, the Gones showed technical accuracy and straightened their heads after their disillusionment with West Ham, but the story of this match is above all that of the sinking of Bordeaux. After a decent start to the match, the Girondins yielded for the first time on a fine header from Moussa Dembélé after a center from Malo Gusto (20th, 1-0), before completely cracking.
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On the second goal, Gaëtan Poussin was guilty of a rare error at this level by unscrewing a clearance, extended into the goal by Karl Toko-Ekambi (26th, 2-0). This gag goal opened a disastrous fifty minutes for the visitors. Whether on the third goal from Lucas Paqueta (34th, 3-0), the magnificent sequence of Romain Faivre after only ten seconds of play in the second period (46th, 4-0) or the double of Toko-Ekambi (5 -1, 68′), the Bordelais no longer put any intensity into the duels, and conceded chances with each Lyon offensive.
The last ten more successful minutes of the men in the scapular, with in particular the goal of Sékou Mara on penalty after a good entry (5-1, 85th), do not change their situation. Because Moussa Dembélé was still able to increase the score in added time on a gross error in recovery (6-1, 92nd), because Bordeaux has the worst defense in Ligue 1 for more than 50 years with 77 goals conceded in 32 games . The improvement of the last two weeks will have been short, and the Girondins are 19th, three points from the place of barrage of Clermont.
On the Lyon side, the end of the season remains open. Les Gones are 5 points behind Nice, fourth, and even 7 points behind Rennes, third. Europe is therefore still playable, but it will be necessary to show in each match the quality of play developed this Sunday. They will have the opportunity against Brest next Wednesday (9:00 p.m.). For the moment, the fire is under control on the Gones side.
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