After taking over Lyon from Dutchman Peter Bosz, in October 2022, former PSG boss Laurent Blanc oversaw eight games as the new coach, and the results are pale: only two wins in the league and one in the French Cup. And today this unfortunate streak continued with another winless game against a relegation threatened club: Nantes – Lyon 0-0. This is only the second draw in Blanc era, and the first clean sheet since October 30th. This might have to do something with the return of the Croatian defender Dejan Lovren, but also with the fact that the home team won only two times in their last 10 games.Nicolás Tagliafico en el empate del Lyon a 0 🆚 Nantes, por la Ligue 1 🇨🇵.▫️1° en intercepciones [6]▫️2° en entradas [3]▫️1° en duelos ganados [5]▫️Titular y 90 minutos jugados🛡️⚔️ pic.twitter.com/HRaRLbzs0g— ArgMundialista⭐⭐⭐ (@todomundialista) January 11, 2023 Nantes is in crisis as they compete in the Europa League also, but don’t have a strong enough squad for two strong competitions. Tonight they had flashes of good performance, primarily due to their pace on the flanks, but Lyon endured everything and turned the game over in the second half. But, Blanc’ men didn’t finalize their efforts, so the score remained 0-0. The visitors had six shots on target, but either were not good enough, or the home keeper Lafont made the saves. Blanc also waited too long to introduce Cherki, who made a difference when he came in and created two good chances, but it was only for the last 20 minutes. With another winless game, Lyon remain on the 8th spot and nine points short of the European football place, which is the currently occupied by Monaco.LIGUE 1 – Round 18WednesdayAuxerre – Toulouse 0-5 (0-3)/Chaibi 3, Ronauld 33, Boomen 41, Aboukhlal 75, Dallinga 88/Brest – Lille 0-0Ajaccio – Reims 0-1 (0-1)/Munetsi 3/Nantes – Olympique Lyon 0-0Clermont – Rennes 2-1 (1-0)/Kyei 31, Gastien 90+5 – Kalimuendo 74/23:00: (3.80) Strasbourg (3.50) Lens (2.10)23:00: (1.12) PSG (12.0) Angers (20.0)23:00: (1.85) Nice (3.60) Montpellier (4.80)23:00: (5.50) Troyes (3.80) Olympique Marseille (1.72)23:00: (4.20) Lorient (3.60) Monaco (1.95)***odds are subject to change***
