Tops
Lucas Paqueta, as usual
True to the level he has posted this season, the Brazilian was once again the best Lyonnais this Saturday.
With the goal of the break to reward it from a statistical point of view, the former Milanese was omnipresent.
If like his teammates he struggled to get started, a big defensive return at the end of the first period really started his meeting.
Always fair with the ball and far-sighted in his initiatives, Paqueta was the conductor of OL.
Even if Guimarães scored twice and Aouar opened the scoring, he was the best in the Rhone midfield.
His understanding with his two colleagues in the middle was good even if his compatriot was a little more clumsy and Aouar in physical difficulty.
Rayan Cherki confirms
Even if he didn't find his way to the net this time around, he was probably the best of the Lyon strikers, who let the midfielder score the goals.
One of the rare Rhone players to float in the first period, the OL prodigy stood out with his confusing dribbles, his inspired passes, and his silky touch on the ball.
It was he who unlocked the match by serving Aouar who was having fun with the Lorient defense before opening the scoring (53rd).
A serious performance without making too much of Rayan Cherki who regains the confidence of Rudi Garcia after a short period where he had to content himself with heating the bench.
Paul Nardi, without him, a tennis score
It can be amazing to see a goalie who has taken four goals appear in the Tops.
If the Lorientais were quite solid defensively in the first half, helped by the lack of inspiration from Lyon, they completely cracked in the second half.
When Aouar opened the scoring, it was as if the Breton lock had just jumped.
Fortunately for the Hake, Paul Nardi has stepped up the parades.
He did six of them, and not the least.
Without him, the Breton ship would have clearly sunk more on the Lyon lawn.
Flops
The Kadewere-Toko Ekambi pair running out of fuel
Brilliant at the end of 2020, Cameroonians and Zimbabweans have been nothing but shadows of themselves for a few weeks.
Very struggling in this match, they missed almost everything, especially in the first period.
Kadewere harvested a double face-to-face that could have given Lyonnais air.
A failure that surely precipitated his exit since Rudi Garcia replaced him with Slimani at the break.
Toko-Ekambi was less bad after the restart and is even the source of the Gones second goal after a good job he could have concluded himself if he had been fairer.
Yoane Wissa, unhappy failure
While still defensively in place, the Lorient counters hurt the locals a lot in the first period.
The Lyonnais are disorganized and Moffi resists De Sciglio.
He throws Wissa perfectly but the latter misses completely in the last gesture and sends the ball into the stands.
One of the rare clear chances of the Bretons and which could have really changed the course of the match if it had been transformed.
When Lyon finally decided to play football in the second half, we hardly saw Wissa or Moffi.
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