At the end of a very lively match, Strasbourg gives itself some air in the standings after its victory against Lyon with the score of 1-2.
Yet air, the Alsatians were deprived of it for nearly 90 minutes.
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There is no doubt, the start of the game was largely in favor of the Lyonnais.
A lot of rhythm, intensity and even beautiful combinations.
Quite logically, the locals got the biggest chances, first of all with the recovery of Toko Ekambi on a very good serve from Malo Gusto (6th, 0-0).
The Lyon side, who was returning from injury, brought a lot of dynamism to his right side.
Subsequently, Tolisso (11th, 0-0) then Cherki (13th, 0-0) were once again close to opening the scoring, with two clear chances.
As so often, Sels was very valuable, especially during his duel won against Cherki.
The Alsatian nightmare continued when Liénard, the captain, had to give up his place due to injury after contact with a teammate (18th, 0-0).
He was replaced by the young Bouebari, 19,
Strasbourg realism
Strasbourg did not exist, and yet.
Totally against the course of the game, it was the visitors uqi who opened the scoring thanks to a magnificent volley from Aholou on a corner badly returned by the Lyon defense (29th, 0-1).
Two minutes later, it was Bellegarde's turn to leave his teammates, also injured (31st, 0-1).
And in the action that follows, again against the run of play, Gameiro takes advantage of an error by Tolisso to come face to face with Lopes.
His dive ball is not good and Gusto has time to intervene, but misses it completely.
A mess followed during which Diallo had the last word to push the ball to the bottom (32nd, 0-2).
Subsequently, Lyon were upset by the Alsatian realism, but managed to get back into the game thanks to a penalty from Lacazette after a hand from a Strasbourg defender at the entrance to the area (45 + 2nd, 1-2) .
On returning from the locker room, under pressure from the public, Lyon pushed to come back to score.
Strasbourg was content to defend, very low, against the opposing attacks.
The locals had several opportunities, like Toko Ekambi (53rd, 1-2).
Lacking success for a few games, the Cameroonian came out to boos from Groupama Stadium (59th).
Subsequently, the opportunities multiplied (68th, 74th) for Laurent Blanc's men, but in vain.
Sels, the Alsatian goalkeeper, was once again heroic, especially on his huge intervention against Lacazette (87th, 1-2).
Strasbourg, in great pain during the entire second period, did not crack.
This victory allows Strasbourg to get out of the red zone while waiting for the matches of Ajaccio and Brest.
Lyon remains stuck in eighth place, with 25 points in 19 games.
