Ligue 1: Lyon defeated PSG, Neymart was brought down on a stretcher

The joy of Lyon’s goal in Paris (Photo: AFP)

Although PSG had more possession of the ball in the first half hour, Lyon did not play a subordinate role, they also tried to get a ball per attack, and one of those forays was soon the result.

Shortly after Abdou Diallo was injured and the Paris defense had to be reorganized by a forced substitution, in the 35th minute Presnel Kimpembe passed the ball behind his back, Karl Toko Ekambi slapped him, jumped out Tino Kadewere-t, who calmly shot at the goal next to the Keylor Navas court. (0-1)

KADEWERE GÓLJA

A little statistic: After the Zimbabwean legionnaire hit, Lyon already have three players with at least five goals this season (Kadewere, Toko Ekambi, Memphis Depay), not as many teams in the top five European leagues.

PSG could not pick up the pace either in the time remaining until the break or in the second half, seeing this, Thomas Tuchel sent Kylian Mbappé to the field in the 65th minute.

However, the most spectacular moment in front of Lyon’s goal was when Neymar angrily pushed a Lyon covering his ball in front of him (Mattia De Sciglio) to another (Anthony Lopes). The goalkeeper, who swung towards the card, was served for a long time, Neymar received a yellow card.

NEYMAR PUSH

In the end, PSG tried to score the tying goal, but Lyon would have had a chance to increase their lead: in the end, no goals were scored here or there, he won the OL 1-0, registering his first championship win since October 2007 at the Parc des Princes.

But not the three points were the biggest loss to Paris tonight: in the 96th minute, in final action at home, Thiago Mendes slipped trying to mount the Neymart by pulling him, while PSG’s Brazilian left ankle got caught between the two legs of Lyon. Neymar was clearly injured, leaving the field in a lot of pain, tears, a stretcher, probably a long fault.

For the sake of order, Thiago Mendes received a red card.

NEYMAR INJURY

BRIEFLY ABOUT OTHER SUNDAY GAMES

• LILLE – BORDEAUX 2–1. Lille did everything they could to close the round at the top of the table: they defeated Bordeaux with the ingenious turn of Jonathan Bamba and the head of José Fonte. Bamba has scored for the first time since early November, and at 36 years and 357 days, Fonte has become the oldest top scorer in LOSC history.

• NANTES – DIJON 1–1. In Nantes, the afternoon began with a massive fan protest, with police also deployed around the stadium to quell more than 300 ultra demanding the departure of the club’s president, Waldemar Kita. A new coach sat on the bench, but Patrick Coll, who succeeded Christian Gourcuff, couldn’t squeeze more than one team point against the army driver: the “canaries” have been undefeated for five rounds.

• BREST – REIMS 2–1. Franck Honorat’s far-off bomb was answered by Arbër Zeneli with a master corner kick on goal, but in the end the hosts did not have to record the first strigula in draws: Steve Mounié, who took a penalty in the first half, scored the winning goal with a rebound.

GOALS FIRED FROM A MUSICAL CORNER

• LORIENTE – NIMES 3–0. Lorient swallowed four defeats in a row, it was time to move away from the stalemate, especially since this time a “six-point” match awaited him. He did, Quentin Boisgard finished off the counterattack in minute 2, from then on the team dominated the game.

• STRASBOURG – METZ 2–2. Mohamed Simakan, the 20-year-old defender of the Hungarians, “tied” two penalties, but luckily he only scored one, and fortunately he did not receive a yellow card for the second, so he later had the opportunity to score the first major goal of their life. The twisted Alsatian-Lorraine derby ended with a four-goal draw, which delighted the guests.

• PLEASANT – RENNES 0–1. After four rounds of victories, Rennes won the championship again. Details here!

FRANCE LIGUE 1
ROUND 14, Sunday games
PSG 0-1 Lyon (Kadewere 35.)
Lille 2-1 Bordeaux (Bamba 17., José Fonte 45., Basic ill. 30.)
Nice – Rennes 0-1 (Niang 28.)
Brest 2-1 Reims (Honorat 30., Mounié 77., ill. Zeneli 65.)
Lorient 3-0 Nimes (Boisgard 2., Hamel 29. – 11-esből, Wissa 90.)
Nantes 1–1 Dijon (M. Simon from 24-11 and M. Konaté from 54.)
Strasbourg – Metz 2–2 (Simakan 66., Thomasson 78., sick Bronn 35. – 11-esből, Nguette 70.)

They played on Saturday
Olympique de Marseille 2-1 Monaco (Thauvin 5., Benedetto 13., sick Ben Yedder 79. – 11-esből)
Lens – Montpellier 2–3 (Omlin from 36-11, Kakuta from 50-11 and Mavididi 16, P. Mendes 26, Laborde 69)
They played on Friday
Saint-Étienne 0-0 Angers