Depay's substitute goal is not enough to beat Montpellier

The Olympique of Lyon played, yesterday, a party postponed of the first day of Tie it 1 in front of the Montpellier Hérault Sport Club. The first surprise saw it in the eleven headline, went out Tino Kadewere and Toko Ekambi in the tip of attack and Memphis Depay, slope of his possible arrival to the FC Barcelona, began the meeting seated in the bench.

The team that arrived to the semifinals of the previous edition of the Champions League, had the opportunity to join to Rennes, Monaco and Lille, in the high part of the classification, with seven points of nine possible. The alone meeting was argued when Memphis, the captain of the team, put the boots, and also, the team to the back, in the Stade of the Mosson.

Nevertheless, the party began of face for the ones of Lyon, when, in the minute four, Maxwel Cornet achieved to confine by the left band of the area and the played finished with a finish to the wood of Toko Ekambi. Also it had clear occasions the Montpellier in the first minutes, as the one of Andy Delort, that after seeing like Lopes cut across his good finish, erraba the second opportunity to empty door.

It was not very lucky the end of the first-half for the Olympique. It marked, of penalti, after a good launching of 'panenka', Teji Savanier, that decanted the scales in favour of the Montpellier; and little later, after a played reviewed by the video arbitration, Houssem Aouar would be expelled with red direct by a played of dangerous game on Souquet.

The entrance of Depay revolutionised the party

In the second time, Memphis Depay went in by Tino Kadewere and, with freedom by all the front of attack, gave another air to his team, that in spite of this, received the 2-0 shortly after, also of Teji Savanier. It was the Dutch captain the player that led the tentativa to trace back the party. They could shorten distances in two played of corner practically followed.

After a played, also detected to instances of the VAR, equalised the strengths with the expulsion of Hilton after an entrance, inside the area, with the too high foot on Ryan Cherki, the young perla of the Lyon. It would convert Memphis Depay, but would not be sufficient for arañarle, as little, a point to a party that could have finished in tie perfectly.

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