Ligue 1, 15th day – OL wins on the Montpellier lawn with a goal from Paqueta (0-1) and climbs to 7th place – Eurosport.fr

OL recovered and finally found a smile outside their bases. Heckled at the end of the game, the Lyonnais held on to pocket a second away success this season (0-1), Sunday at the Mosson stadium. In the lead since the 17th minute and a clear recovery from Lucas Paqueta who followed an attempt by Islam Slimani on the bar, Peter Bosz’s men mastered their subject until the locals woke up late.

With 22 points after 15 days, Lyon is back in the peloton of candidates for European places, four small points from Nice, third. Silent despite many dangerous situations in the second half, the Montpellier paid dearly for an insufficient first act and stagnated in the soft underbelly of the championship (11th with 19 points).

The current series are worth what they are worth, it remains that we must put an end to them. Defeated in their last three confrontations against the Pailladins, OL also had the status of 19th away training this season. Not to mention the dynamics of an undefeated MHSC in its den for more than three months in the league. But this Lyon has calmed down. He learned to better manage his weak times and maximized his strong times. The first period – where territorial and technical domination materialized by the opening of the logical score of Paqueta (17th) – wonderfully reflected the turn taken by the Rhone formation, a week after the incidents during the shock against the ‘OM.

Lyon four points off the podium

Despite a strike on the bar from Florent Mollet (9th), Olivier Dall’Oglio’s men did not show themselves enough in the first period. A glaring lack of intensity corrected at the break. Higher up and less wait-and-see, the Paillade club almost equalized if Anthony Lopes had not worked in front of Mollet (57th) and Wahi (72nd). And when it is not the Portuguese international who saves the Lyonnais furniture, it is the Héraultais who lack accuracy (82nd, 90th).

Opposite, Jonas Omlin was not left out, forced to go out on Moussa Dembélé (78th) before making a superb parade on a shot from Karl Toko-Ekambi (79th). Aligned as a free electron in the axis, Houssem Aouar, captain tonight, shone with his game in one touch, but seemed to complicate life in the last 30 meters (55th).

This was enough for the Rhone to leave Mosson with three points and get back into the fight for the precious European sesame. While Montpellier vegetates in the soft underbelly (11th), OL now only points to four units from Nice, third. The reconquest operation is well launched. All that remains is to definitively erase the unflattering images of the Olympico, but that is not won.