http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/OGC-Nice-c40111 2 - 2 Olympique Lyon: Late drama shocks Les Gones - French Ligue 1 recap
French Ligue 1 continued as OGC Nice and Olympique Lyon went head-to-head on Sunday, the 3rd of April, at Stade du Ray. Lyon had to settle for a draw after Nice made a remarkable last minute comeback after trailing by a two-goal margin for the
entire 90 minutes.
The home team went in with a standard 4-4-2 formation. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Ospina-c10573 guarded the net. The visitors, on the other hand, also went in with a 4-4-2 formation. Bafetimbi Gomis and Lisandro
Lopez formed a partnership upfront while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 started in goal.
Lyon looked favourites on paper and started the half on a positive note by controlling the possession. Nice took a while to settle down as the visitors seemed determined to get an early lead. The home team’s defence was already under immense pressure as
Les Gones threatened to punish their opposition. Lyon’s efforts finally paid off after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kim-c20955 Kallstrom netted his shot past Ospina in the 22ndminute to give his side a 1-0 advantage.
Les Aiglons started feeling the pressure after going a goal down as the home team began playing a scratchy game; there were three yellow cards shown to home side players in the space of ten minutes. Defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Renato-Civelli-c30832, striker Mouloungui and midfielder
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Digard-c11042 were all issued warnings for dirty play. Meanwhile, the visitors continued to apply pressure and increased problems for the hosts as Lopez scored Lyon’s second of the night in the 45th minute of the game. The referee brought the half
to a close with the away team in cruise control.
Nice came out with some aggression in the second half and launched an attack very early in the piece. It forced a foul out of the central defender, Pape Diakhate, in the 46th minute which resulted in a yellow card. Le Gym looked a different outfit
in the second period as Lyon, for the first time in the encounter, were looking down the barrel. However, the visitors did not let their lead to slip in spite of a number of Nice attacks. With the game moving towards its closing stages, the home team’s frustration
was getting evident.
Just a minute away from normal time, Diakhate received his second yellow of the game for a rash foul in the box, reducing his side down to ten-men and conceding a penalty to the home side. Mouloungui’s spot kick enabled Nice to get one goal back in the 90th minute.
Lyon were left shell shocked after Civelli equalized just seconds after Mouloungui’s goal as the match ended in high drama at Stade du Ray.
With this draw, Lyon stay fourth in the table with 50 points while Nice are 15th
with 35 points, three points clear of the relegation places. OGC Nice will now travel away to take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RC-Lens-c40322 on the same day.
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