Ligue 1: Lyon and Marseille are not advanced after their duel – The Équipe.fr

Here are two Olympic nine points for second place, the only worthwhile really when aiming the Champions League, stated objective of Lyon as Marseille early season . Admittedly both teams have honorably hosted the shock of the 22nd day including a late winner as Lyon took twice in two minutes the opportunity to fold the case. But no one will settle for what treading water in the standings.

Reading the evening would have been different if the acrobatic recovery Lacazette (88th) and then typing Tolisso (89th) had ended in order to Mandanda but it is a recurrent evil in Lyon not to score during his highlights. Ultimately, the equalizer eleven minutes remaining on a free kick taken by Tolisso Valbuena (79th), makes sense in light of efforts made in the second half to push the Marseille goal. It might even come earlier on the big hitting Valbuena, exit by Mandanda (63).

But with much less possession, OM managed to be more dangerous, procuring first period two very clear occasions by the head of Rolando (saved on the line by Darder, 6th) and a striking Nkoudou diverted by Lopes from a tight angle (17). The trend from Lyon to complicate life contrasted with the game of Marseille, direct if not very imaginative. Thus, the purpose of Cabella (center Sarr, discount Batshuayi) he was a model of simplicity. While Lyon is still looking for a significant victory since the arrival of Bruno Genesio, Marseille is now undefeated in seven matches. Nothing very new after all.

The purpose of Tolisso left him planted on his goal line, but, forgetting to mark the The Marseille defense did not help Steve Mandanda. Otherwise, the two Blues goalie pulled out the perfect match: reassuring in its decision-ball as his outings, he has, among others, released a high class parry a shot from Valbuena (63) and an acrobatic recovery Lacazette late in the game (88th). Without him, the OM would obviously not there.

Lyonnais and Marseille still wait a bit before kissing, but the atmosphere that prevailed Sunday night at Parc OL was much less harmful than in the first leg at the Vélodrome. On the lawn, it is tense at the start of the second period with a tackle supported too Morel on Sarr (52nd), sanctioned the first yellow card. And during the following minutes, the contacts were rougher.

In the stands, repeated throwing paper balls from the north turn in the Steve Mandanda surface interrupted the game for a while, also early in the second period. But it was an incomparable climate than the go.