TOPS
“He is a very generous boy because he expends a lot of energy. Technically, he can do better. I think his placement is a non-issue. I think it’s his problem is at the level of concentration and technicality “said Laurent Blanc in a pre-match press conference. Well Maxence Caqueret, in difficulty in recent weeks, has responded. Very active in the Lyon midfield in the first half, the midfielder was rewarded with a goal (36th). Tolisso also shone. The French international was involved in Lukeba’s first goal (32nd) after a first header was pushed back and also offered himself well offensively.
Morgan Sanson scored his first goal in Strasbourg colors this Friday night against Lyon. Attentive in the box, he took over a header from Diallo in the box to open the scoring. He then multiplied in attack and almost delivered a nice decisive pass to Djiku after a return to the box but the latter was offside. Released in the 82nd minute, the former midfielder of OM and Montpellier was also given a standing ovation by the public at La Meinau.
FLOPS
The goalkeeper certainly could not do anything about the goal denied to Barcola at the start of the game. But then, the Strasbourg goalkeeper repelled a ball pushed from the head by Tolisso before conceding a goal by Lukeba. He was then beaten, four minutes later, on the goal of Maxence Caqueret. He also touched the ball on the shot. Around the 50th minute, the Belgian timidly fended off a ball from a Barcola cross but, thankfully, Tolisso missed the target. A little later, the 31-year-old goalkeeper did not move on the Lacazette post. He too had a difficult evening.
Three goals in this match but… None of the forwards. Barcola thought they had opened the scoring (10th) on a superb lob but his goal was logically disallowed for an offside position. Lacazette was very little served in the first period despite a good deflection on the goal of Caqueret. He also hit the post on a good shot (63rd) but did not find the net. On the other side, the man in form on the Strasbourg side, Diallo, was very little in sight. Despite a good discount on Sanson’s goal, the center-forward (17 goals this season) lost 14 out of 36 balls touched and especially committed four faults.