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The players of Paulo Fonseca won in Auxerre this Sunday, on the 29th day. Precious success for the race for Europe, before going back to the Europa League.
Lyon is full. With goals signed Georges Mikautadze, Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette, OL dominated Auxerre (3-1) this Sunday, at Father-Deschamps, during the 29th day of League 1. Only Monaco and Strasbourg, in the championship, and Dunkirk in the Coupe de France, had succeeded this season in winning in Burgundy so far. The players of the President Textor climb in fourth place in the standings, they who will find Manchester United on Thursday, in the quarterfinals return from the Europa League. The Gones had hung the 2-2 draw on the outward journey. AJA remains 10th in Ligue 1.
It was Georges Mikautadze who gave a decisive advantage to OL by transforming a penalty granted for a fault committed on himself by goalkeeper Donovan Léon, released before him after an opening from Corentin Tolisso (54th). This is the fifteenth goal for all competitions for the Georgian international this season. Shortly after, Rayan Cherki brought the scoring to 2-0, again after a Tolisso's decisive pass on an action of which he was originally (62nd). Cherki, who had equalized after additional time on April 10 against Manchester, has been involved in sixteen goals (6 goals, 10 assists) since the arrival of Fonseca on January 31.
At the end of the game, Lassine Sinayoko reduced the gap by marking at close range after Thiago Almada was slow to release the ball (77th) before Alexandre Lacazette, served by Mikautadze, added a third goal for Lyon (3-1, 84th).
In a period with four matches in ten days and a match against AJA interposed between the two European quarter -final games against Manchester United, coach Paulo Fonseca had announced that he would make several changes. After its European trip on Thursday, OL will play the derby in Saint-Etienne on Sunday.
Fonseca turned
Thus, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata and Nicolas Tagliafico were replacements, supplemented by Saël Kumbedi, Duje Caleta-Car and Vinicius Abner in defense just like Paul Akouokou and Jordan Veretout, holders against MU, were left on the bench. Nemanja Matic, who had not played against the Red Devils, was this time kick-off, associated in the midfield at Corentin Tolisso in a 4-4-2 with Cherki and Thiago Almada on the sides and Mikautadze and Lacazette at the forefront.
These two goals rewarded the Lyonnais who had the best opportunities for the first period. Léon notably intervened on a shot from Rayan Cherki in the 9th minute. The Auxerrois porter also interposed in front of Lacazette who, in the same action touched the post before Sanaly Diomandé and Jubal save their team on the league (25th). Finally, Lacazette failed again against Léon shortly after (31). At the end of the match, the Auxerrois goalkeeper still diverted a good shot from Mikautadze (75).
For their part, the Icaunais, assured of the maintenance with a beautiful margin of security of eleven points on the barragist (Le Havre), were threatening, in addition to their goal, only on an action of Sinayoko (4) and a teenage shot onaiwu diverted by goalkeeper Lucas Perri (14) even if they have never closed the game.
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