Lion defeated Marsel with 10 players
In the third round of Ligue 1, Lyon's "Olympique" team faced Marseille. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the opening minutes of the match, Adam Karabets made an accurate pass from the right wing to the far corner. Malik Fofana passed to Abner, whose close-range shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
Tanner Tessmann crossed the ball into the penalty area from the right wing, Abner moved through the opponents and advanced to the right side, but was stopped by the goalkeeper and the referee awarded a penalty. However, after video review, the referee canceled the penalty and gave Abner a yellow card for simulation.
Fofana quickly advanced from the left wing and made an accurate pass to Abner, who directed the ball into the net, but the referees noted that Malik was offside. Konrad Igan-Reilly stopped Fofana, who was playing on the left wing, and received a direct red card, forcing his team to play with 10 players from the 29th minute.
Karabets returned the ball to Tessmann in the penalty area, who took a shot from 15 meters; the ball touched a defender's leg and passed close to the goal. Fofana moved centrally from the left wing and struck the upper corner from 15 meters, but the goalkeeper caught the ball.
In the second half, the visitors launched a quick counterattack. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg approached the goal from the left wing, entered the penalty area, and took a powerful shot to the far corner, but the goalkeeper saved it.
Abner made a pass from the left wing to the far corner, Tessmann tried to shoot without stopping the ball, but it was not an accurate shot. Ulisses Garcia carried the ball from the left wing and made an accurate pass to the goal; Hamed Traore struck the ball with the back of his foot, but the goalkeeper saved the shot.
In the 88th minute, Corentin Tolisso made a pass from the right wing, Tessmann passed to the far corner, Nicolas Tagliafico's shot hit the post. Leonardo Balerdi blocked Pavel Shults from shooting again and directed the ball into his own net, changing the score to 1:0.
Højbjerg took a sharp shot from a tight angle after a pass from Paul Lyrola on the right wing, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the match, the "Lyon" team achieved a worthy victory and leads together with "PSG" with 9 points.
Marseille has 3 points. The result of this match affected the teams' positions in the tournament table and was important for upcoming matches.
