© EuroFootball.com
On Thursday in the central match of the 8th round of the French "Ligue 1" championship, the multiple champion and current league leader "Lyon" met with "Lens" at their home stadium and ended the game in a draw for the second time in a row with a score of 1-1.
1 - 1
6' [0 - 1] Adama Coulibaly
38' [1 - 1] Tiago
Over seven seasons, "Lyon" goalkeeper G.Coupet has conceded only two goals from the "Lens" team, but this time, in the 6th minute, he had to pull the ball out of the net when defender A.Coulibaly jumped higher than Cris and headed the ball from eight meters to put the hosts ahead.
After a rough start, "Lyon" switched to attack and soon almost equalized the score, but after Tiago's header, the goalkeeper failed to catch the ball, it bounced off the post and went out behind the goal line. A corner kick was taken, but the host's captain C.Cacapa missed the header.
In the 38th minute, "Lyon" finally leveled the score - receiving a pass from S.Govou, Tiago shot at goal and the ball, bouncing off defender Hilton, deceived goalkeeper C.Itandje and went into the net. Later, a great shot by B.Pedretti also found the net, but the goal was disallowed for offside by F.Malouda.
The first half ended like that, and in the second half, the hosts continued to control the game and tried to break ahead. In the 52nd minute, the Brazilian Fred had a good opportunity but his header went wide. As the match neared its end, the away goalkeeper C.Itandje managed to block shots from Tiago, Juninho, and Cacapa one after the other, and at the other end of the field, "Lens" came close, but D.Cousin's shot went wide of the post.
Therefore, both teams had to settle for a point - "Lyon" now leads after this round ahead of "P.S.G" in second place, while "Lens" moved up to fourth place, level on points with three other clubs, surpassing "Lille" in eighth position.
