Lyon scores a dramatic win over Evian Thonon Gaillard 3-2

Lyon snatch late win at Evian

Lyon had to twice come from behind before snatching a 3-2 Ligue 1 victory over Evian in injury time.

Cedric Barbosa put Evian 1-0 and 2-1 up but Alexandre Lacazette, whose free-kick led to the first equaliser from Yassine Benzia, scored twice in the final 10 minutes to turn the game Lyon's way.

Lacazette's shot led to Reims goalkeeper Johnny Placide's own goal which handed Lyon another stoppage-time winner on Tuesday and the Ligue 1 top scorer's late intervention here returned his side to third in the table.

Home goalkeeper Jesper Hansen was the star of the first half, keeping out Steed Malbranque's shot after the midfielder was set up by Lacazette and then producing a fine double save from Benzia.

Against the run of play, Evian were awarded a free-kick in the 28th minute and Barbosa - leading the line in the absence of key man Daniel Wass - fired the ball into the top corner to leave keeper Anthony Lopes helpless.

And they could have gone in at half-time two goals to the good, but Modou Sougou steered Clarck Nsikulu's cross just wide of the post.

As it was, though, Lyon levelled shortly after the hour. Again the goal came from a free-kick, Lacazette's effort saved by Hansen but Benzia following up to score.

Barbosa quickly restored Evian's lead as Nsikulu crossed to Sougou, who teed up the fast-arriving Barbosa for a left-foot finish.

Hansen made a stunning save when Lacazette headed Nabil Fekir's cross goalwards.

But he was beaten in the 81st minute when Rachid Ghezzal swung a corner to the far post and Lacazette controlled before firing ferociously under the crossbar to level the scores.

Sougou and Fekir missed chances to win the game for their respective sides but Lyon were handed their chance from the spot in stoppage time.

Adrien Thomasson was harshly adjudged to have handled Christophe Jallet's cross and Lacazette, who missed a penalty in last week's 3-0 defeat to bitter rivals St Etienne, held his nerve this time to send Hansen the wrong way and notch his 13th league goal of the season.

Monaco scored a win over Evian Thonon Gaillard 2-0

Ligue 1 Review: Monaco beat Evian, Saint-Etienne go fourth

19 October 2014

Monaco produced further evidence of an upturn in form with a 2-0 Ligue 1 win over Evian on Saturday.

Having made a disappointing start to life under Leonardo Jardim, the Principality club have shown signs of improvement in recent fixtures, claiming a 0-0 stalemate at Zenit in the UEFA Champions League before holding chamions Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw.

And they built on those two strong results with a comfortable victory at the Stade Louis II.

Joao Moutinho put the hosts ahead after just two minutes from the penalty spot, and the points were made safe in bizarre fashion in the 70th minute as Ricardo Carvalho's clearance bounced over the head of Evian goalkeeper Jesper Hansen, allowing midfielder Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco to slot into an empty net.

Monaco remain in the bottom half in 11th despite that success, but Saint-Etienne are up to fourth after Fabien Lemoine's 87th minute goal gave Christophe Galtier's side a 1-0 triumph at Lorient.

Saint-Etienne are into the top four as a consequence of slip-ups by Nantes and Lille.

Nantes were held to a 1-1 home draw by Reims, while Lille suffered their third league loss in four matches with a 2-1 reverse at home to struggling 10-man Guingamp.

Lille dominated proceedings, attempting 28 shots to Guingamp's five, yet it was the visiting Coupe de France holders that proved the more clinical side.

A Claudio Beauvue header and a low strike from Ronnie Schwartz put Guingamp in control but midfielder Rio Mavuba hit back in the 79th minute to give Lille hope.

Guingamp defender Benjamin Angoua was shown a straight red card for pulling back Nolan Roux four minutes from time but Lille could not make their numerical advantage count as Guingamp ended their four-match losing streak in the league.

Elsewhere, Bastia won 1-0 at Nice thanks to Floyd Ayite's 51st-minute winner and Metz drew 0-0 with Rennes.

Paris St. Germain held to a draw by Evian Thonon Gaillard 0-0

Edinson Cavani 

The National 

Paris Saint-Germain once again came unstuck against their bete noire Evian on Friday, being forced to settle for a 0-0 draw after having Yohan Cabaye sent off in their Ligue 1 clash in Annecy.

Evian have caused problems for PSG at their Parc des Sports in the recent past, knocking the capital club out of the Coupe de France (French Cup) at the quarter-final stage in 2012/13 and then winning 2-0 last December after Paris had gone 26 games unbeaten.

Nevertheless, the Alpine outfit had lost their opening two matches of this campaign, conceding nine goals in the process, including in a 6-2 thumping at Rennes last week.

But they defended doggedly to hold the champions, who were missing talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic and captain Thiago Silva due to injury and have won just one of their opening three league matches after drawing 2-2 at Reims a fortnight ago.

“In other situations there is no doubt we will manage to break teams down. They defended well. It was a reassuring result for them,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc told beIN Sports, before insisting that he was not worried by his team’s failure to win the game.

“No, not at all. The only problem is when you are unable to cause enough problems to Evian with 11 men and then you find yourselves down to 10.

“Honestly I think that given the way the game went we didn’t do enough to take three points. We leave with mixed feelings. We expected to have difficulties at the start of the season, especially in August, but I don’t think there is any reason to worry.

“We had a competitive enough team to win this match,” he added, despite the absences of Ibrahimovic, Silva and Gregory Van der Wiel. “But we created too few chances to win the game.”

Blanc gave first starts of the season to French international pair Cabaye and Blaise Matuidi, with Thiago Motta only on the bench after a headbutt from Brandao at the end of last week’s 2-0 win against Bastia left him with a fractured nose.

Without Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani was given the opportunity to play in his favoured role of central striker, and he had the best chances for the visitors.

Berigaud scores a double as Evian TG surprises Lyon

Kevin Berigaud do the "Chicken Dance"after scoring his first goal. 

Very good.

Kevin Berigaud scored a double and that is enough to upset league leading Olympique Lyonnais in the latest round of French Ligue 1.  Evian TG is far behind Olympique Lyonnais in the standings but it was the former who showed aggressiveness after kick off.  That aggressiveness paid off as by the 7th minute,  Cedric Barbosa got a nice pass from Brice Dedje but just couldnt finished it off.  In the succeeding minute however, a series of passes brought the ball to Cedric Barbosa who made a nice through ball to the rushing Kevin Berigaud who beat his marker Steed Malbraque of Lyon to score the opening goal and send the crowd at Parc de Sports into a frenzy; unfurling the pink flags. 

Two minutes later, Evian almost scored another after Daniel Wass broke away in the right wing to deliver a cross which found its way to Cedric Barbosa who still shot wide despite enough space and opening. That scenario is repeated in the 18'minute with Djeje giving a cross which Fabrice Ehret could not finish.  Evian TG made its second goal in the 33rd minute after a give and go between  Berigaud and Wass resulted in a nice break away by Berigaud for a wide open shot that found the back of the net. 

Olympique Lyonnais also scored some opportunities as in the 45th minute, striker Alexandre Lacazette delivered a nice pass to Nabil Fekir whose close range shot was blocked by Johann Duran, Evian's goalkeeper. 

Olympic Lyonnais however threatened in the second half as barely four minutes into the second half, Jordan Ferri scored a cracker 49th minute. Ferri's goal emboldened Lyonnais to attack as in the 52nd minute Alexandre Lacazette delivered a potential goal producing cross to Yassin Benzia but which was timely blocked by Johann Mensah.  

As the second half draw to a close, Evian had the most opportunity.  Fabrice Ehret got a nice header but just went wide in the 63rd minute; Modou Sonogou's breakaway but was saved by Remy Vercoutre in the 81'st minute, and an interception and a breakaway by substitute Facundo Bertoglio whose shot just went wide. 

The game is tension filled. In the 19th minute,  as Alexandre Lacazette confronted Cedric Moungolou after a strong tackle which earned the latter a booking.

Evian improved with 4 points and is now on the 16th spot while Olympique Lyonnais dropped to 8th place. AS Monaco is still on the early lead with  10 pts followed by Olympique de Marseille.  AS St. Etienne and Paris St. Germain complete the league's top four. 

Olympic Lyonnais lineup

Evian TG lineup