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Match Reports December
Olympique Lyonnais 0 – 0 Montpellier
Saturday 1st December 2012 – Ligue 1 – Stade de Gerland, Lyon – Att. 36,915
Lyon starting XI – Vercoutre, Kone, Lovren, Umtiti, Giaccherini, Malbranque, Fofana, Mvuemba, Colazo, Lacazette, Watt
Subs Briand, Grenier, Hughes
A 0-0 draw that we dominated. We lined up 3-5-2 and it seems we are able to dominate against the top teams when we play this formation but we struggled to score after getting only 3 out of 16 shots on target. There isn’t much else to say but we have kept up the pressure on the top 3 teams as we lie 4th with a game in hand that could take us up to 2nd in the table.
Olympique Lyonnais 3 – 1 Hannover
Thursday 6th December 2012 – Europa League – Stade de Gerland, Lyon – Att. 24,865
Lyon starting XI – Vercoutre, Reveillere, Kone, Lovren, Dabo, Hughes, Fofana, Briand, Briand, Colazo, Lacazette, Watt
Subs Mvuemba, Grenier
Goals Lacazette (14, 45+1), Lovren (55)
We set up as a 4-2-2 formation against Hannover in the final group game, knowing we had already qualified in 2nd. This didn’t affect the boys’ concentration as we went out and controlled the game from the start by scoring an early goal. We finished with 61% possession and scored 3 very good goals. Watt and Lacazette had a very good game together with Watt setting up both of Lacazette’s goals.
Saint-Etienne 1 - 2 Olympique Lyonnais
Sunday 9th December 2012 – League 1 – Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne – Att. 26,747
Lyon starting XI – Vercoutre, Reveillere, Kone, Lovren, Giaccherini, Mvuemba, Gonalons, Malbranque, Colazo, Lacazette, Watt
Subs Dabo, Hughes, Briand
Goals Gonalons (26), Watt (54)
At the time of playing, Saint-Etienne were first in the league and this was going to be a tough game. We had been playing excellent football all season and I felt this game would be a good opportunity to show that we are able to hash it out with the teams at the top. I went 3-5-2 and even though we were under the cosh throughout the game, we scored 2 very good goals to take the win. I was extremely proud of the boys as we also handed S-E the first loss of their season.
Olympique Lyonnais 3 – 0 Nancy
Wednesday 12th December 2012 – League 1 – Stade de Gerland, Lyon – Att. 25,690
Lyon starting XI – Vercoutre, Umtiti, Kone, Lovren, Giaccherini, Mvuemba, Fofana, Malbranque, Briand, Lacazette, Benzia
Subs Watt, Gonalons, Hughes
Goals Lacazette (45+1), Briand (57, 82)
Yet again, we lined up 3-5-2. Ive had some excellent success with this tactic and was confident in it again. We battered Nancy, dominated with 62% possession and 7 shots on target. Lacazette at only 21 has been banging in the goals even if he is played out on the wing and Briand has scored some important goals this season. It is great to see the boys kicking on against a low team with 2 tough matches coming up.