Stade Rennais register another away win at the expense of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 – Ligue 1 news
Goals from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Burkina-Faso-c2862 international Jonathan Pitroipa and Jires Kembo-Ekoko saw Stade Rennais come from behind to snatch a win over Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade de Gerland in Week 14 of the 2011/2012 Ligue 1 campaign.
Ahead of the game, Lyon had not lost a league game at home since September. The home side got off to a great start when Ederson opened the scoring. However, Pitroipa and Kembo-Ekoko made sure that Frederic Antonetti’s side left the province of Rhone with
something to cheer about.
In the build-up to the match, there was a lot of talk about a possible return to first-team action for Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 man had not played a single game for Les Gones since August. The Argentine did make a comeback but
came at a time when Lyon were chasing the game thanks to Rennais’ two goals on either side of the two halves.
After recent Ligue 1 wins over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127, Bordeaux, Nancy Lorraine and rivals AS Saint-Etienne, Les Gones were undefeated at home since Week 6. Remi Garde’s men started brighter of the two sides and France international Bafetimbi Gomis came
close twice in the 19th and 20th minute.
However, it was Ederson who got his name on the scoring sheet but the Brazilian must admit that there was an element of fortune in his goal. A long range free kick from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kim-c20955 Kallstrom was met by the midfielder who was at the right place
at the right time to send the ball flying past goalkeeper Benoit Costil to make it 1-0 in the 36th minute.
However, Les Gones’ lead would last just 3 minutes after Rennais, unbeaten in their last six matches at the Stade Gerland were unbeaten. An ever-lively http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-Pitroipa-c19052 received a great ball from Julien Feret and the Burkinabe winger who joined the Bretons
from Bundesliga side Hamburg this summer, showed his deadly finishing skills in front of the goal to beat France international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 and levelled the game in the 39th minute.
If Pitroipa’s goal had silenced a 30,000 strong crowd of Lyon faithful, the worst was yet to come. Almost ten minutes into the second half, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international sent in a neat ball towards Kembo-Ekoko and the striker slotted the ball into the net beyond
Lloris to give the visitors an unlikely lead.
Lyon coach in order to level things up, introduced Lisandro Lopez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ederson-c11880 respectively. However, the South American duo was unable to make a great impact on the game as Rennais were quick to close down
any attacking threats posed by Lyon’s attacking quartet.
The result now means that Rennais are level on points with Lille at third place after the reigning champions drew 1-1 against Toulouse at the Stade Municipal.
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