Lion opened the season in League 1 with four wins, i.e. 13 points from the first five games, but the euphoria was short-lived. Soon the former consecutive champions began to sink, and after the 15th round and more than a third of the championship, they slowly become synonymous with impotence. Not only because they barely survived Nice (1:1) at their Grupa stadium, but because in nine games in which they met teams from the upper part of the table (top 10), they managed to win only twice.
We are talking about Lyon, who in the last ten games recorded as many as six defeats, two draws and only two victories. And the hosts were on the verge of their seventh defeat and if there was justice, Nice would have left Lyon with three points in their pocket. However, in the 89th minute, Alexandre Lacazette fell to the ground, and referee judged that Dante had fouled him. There was contact and not too intense, but the French striker had already started to fall.
Lacazette took the penalty authoritatively and canceled out former Arsenal teammate Nicolas Pepe’s goal, also from the penalty spot. Pepe gave the Eagles the lead in the 38th minute, after a situation in which Nicolas Tagliafico evidently stopped a shot towards the goal with his hand. Although not on the first try. Anthony Lopes saved his first penalty, but he evidently left the goal line with both feet before the shot. The second time, Pepe was not wrong. Nice, like Lyon, is in the 9th position of League 1, but unlike them, they are undefeated in seven consecutive games.LIGUE 1 – ROUND 15FridayOlympique Lyon – Nice 1-1 (0-1)/Lacazette 89 pen – Pepe 38 pen/Saturday19:00: (1.45) Lens (4.50) Clermont (8.50)23:00: (1.50) Rennes (4.30) Toulouse (6.50)Sunday15:00: (1.15) PSG (10.0) Auxerre (18.0)17:00: (2.20) Brest (3.50) Troyes (3.50)17:00: (1.35) Lille (5.00) Angers (9.00)17:00: (2.55) Montpellier (3.30) Reims (3.00)17:00: (2.10) Nantes (3.35) Ajaccio (4.00)19:05: (2.30) Strasbourg (3.40) Lorient (3.35)22:45: (2.40) Monaco (3.40) Olympique Marseille (3.15)***odds are subject to change***