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Slimani harvest then builds

Always as precious for the collective, where it is however less expected, Islam Slimani had a complicated first period marked by an inexplicably missed face to face (29th). Upside down for an hour, especially due to a lack of liveliness, the Algerian striker returned to the place in three minutes with a supersonic double (61st, 64th). Full of coolness to play with Nita in the depth, he then doubled the bet in his register, with his head. A thunderous return for the one who had not scored since the first day of Ligue 1 in early August.

Aouar as a good captain

The evening captain is the strong man of the moment in Lyon. Under the eyes of "Little Mozart" Thomas Rosicky, sports director of Sparta Prague, Houssem Aouar recited his ranges brilliantly. Like his friend Maxence Caqueret, decisive passer on the second goal (34th), the number 8 of OL had an activity at all times until his exit (69th). His waste (13 lost balloons) was offset by his mobility, especially when he did not hesitate to dezone to bring density to the axis mortified by Shaqiri, ghostly (see elsewhere). It only lacks the statistical impact, which could have come on this head on target (56th).

Henrique scores points

hardly to his advantage since his signing between Rhône and Saône, Henrique was interesting this Thursday.

Failing to be sharp defensively, the Brazilian side had a lot of activity on his left lane, where he was quick to compensate for Aouar's movement to offer many solutions that destabilized the Czech rearguard.

Precise in his transmissions (88% of successful passes), he failed to sign his first decisive pass in the Lyon jersey on the head of Aouar (56th).

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Diomandé lacking benchmarks

Unlike his counterpart on the left, the Ivorian, a central defender by training,

out. Guilty of three gross technical errors in ten minutes, the young defender (20) has never returned to his game. Palliating the injury of Léo Dubois and the suspension of Malo Gusto, Sinaly Diomandé will always have been late and will have suffered in the face of the mobility of Haraslin, double scorer in the first leg (3-4).

Shaqiri stopped

If Slimani reacted well in the second half, Xherdan Shaqiri did not. Constantly arrested, the Swiss, repositioned as a playmaker to promote his vision of the game, will still have crossed the meeting like a shadow. His pass, which should have been decisive for Slimani, remains like the only flash of his match (29th). His propensity to turn around before giving the ball penalizes him in the execution. A match without until the end, evidenced by his missed face to face on an offering from Lucas Paqueta (89th). His non-replacement at the end of the match sounds like a downgrading in anticipation of the next deadlines.

Vindheim, funny entry

Called to the rescue to compensate for the injury of central defender Celustka, Andreas Vindheim has experienced an ordeal on the left side.

The training right side suffered in the face of the flashes of Rayan Cherki, who will have dropped him several times with his passing of the legs, as on the first goal of Slimani, where he is slow to intervene.

He will have collected the first yellow of the match for a big tackle on his vis-à-vis, on the verge of expulsion (40th).