Olympique Lyonnais, led by its coach, “Roland Blanc”, managed to defeat Monaco, in a strong and exciting match, which ended with a score of 3-1 in favor of Olympique Lyonnais.
The first half started with a great attacking pressure from the Monaco team, which succeeded in obtaining a penalty kick in the second minute of the start of the match, which was scored by Ben Yedder to advance the first goal in favor of the Monaco team, and in the 31st minute the player Golovin received the first yellow card in the match from Monaco players side.
Olympique Lyonnais team tried to return to the result of the match before the end of the first half, as the team intensified its offensive attempts, and in the 38th minute, the player Lacazette succeeded in scoring the equalizing goal for the Lyon team, after a wonderful pass from the player Barcola, to end the first half between the two teams with a positive draw 1 -1.
The second half started, and Olympique Lyonnais took control of the middle of the field. In the 57th minute, Kakiri scored the second goal for Lyon, making the score 2-1. In the 78th minute, Sharqi scored the third goal after a wonderful pass from Lacazette, to end the second half. The match was won by Olympique Lyonnais, 3-1.
After winning today’s match, the balance of the Olympique Lyonnais team rose to 59 points, and it ranks seventh in the standings table, while the Monaco team’s balance stopped at 65 points in fourth place, and the team suffers its ninth defeat this season in the League Championship.
The Olympic Lyon team will meet in the next match with the Reims team, next Saturday at ten o’clock in the evening Cairo time, in the thirty-seventh round of the French League championship, while the Monaco team will meet with Rennes next Saturday at ten o’clock in the evening Cairo time.