Alexandre Lacazette face & # xE0; AS Monaco on March 16, 2014.
Alexandre Lacazette against AS Monaco on March 16, 2014. – Pascal Fayolle / SIPA

Cyrille Pac

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Three months into her beautiful face lift … Monaco (2-1 league) OL has not been as successful against the same opponent in the League Cup. While Lyonnais had chained 8 straight wins at Gerland, they were kept in check Wednesday night, stumbling on a solid defense. The fate of the match was eventually decided on penalties.

Carles both teams were very close to each other. Much water has indeed gone under the bridge since early September, not only because of the heavy rains that fell in Lyon on Wednesday night. During the first confrontation of the season, already at Gerland, between Lyon and Monaco, both teams were in big trouble. Three months later, the 8th finals of the League Cup pitted the two most hypes teams of the moment with, on one side, a fire attack (OL and Alexandre Lacazette), and the other, an airtight defense (ASM around Jeremy Toulalan).



Lacazette unnecessary scorer

For more than 90 minutes, the defense took over, although aided by a greasy and soggy lawn and clumsiness of Lyon attackers. By taking into account only of normal time, Monaco has not conceded a goal for 5 games in all competitions. The Lyonnais, they have not had the same success as the last two months (23 goals in 10 matches).

Both coaches had decided to slightly turn their workforce, which explains in part the many approximations. He had to wait extra time to see the match race and the game will unleash. If Carasco gave a small advantage to Monaco, Lacazette it was his goal to bring the two teams on penalties. In this game, the DSO has had the strongest nerves.