After the national team break, the clubs returned to the stadiums in France last night, as last season's "Ligue 1" medalists "Monaco" and "Lyon" met. The bronze winners from last year, Leonardo Jardim's players, were just a step away from victory at home against the vice-champions. The hosts broke through in the 39th minute, when Mario Pašalić scored with a header from a corner kick after a pass from Thomas Lemar. There were no more goals scored in the first half, but the second half saw plenty of action. After playing for more than an hour, "Monaco" defender Wallace was shown a red card for a foul on Rachid Ghezzal, who had just come on as a substitute. After this incident, the "Monaco" team faced increasing pressure and eventually could not hold on - in the 85th minute, the ball finally entered their goal after a shot from defender Rafael, with the assist coming from the same Ghezzal. The visitors from Lyon could not turn the result in their favor and left the opponents' stadium with a point, temporarily rising to fifth place in the championship. Meanwhile, "Monaco", who started the season poorly, found themselves in tenth place.
