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Lyon and Lille, after their disappointments in the Champions League Wednesday, have revived by winning respectively against Strasbourg (2-1) and Dijon (1-0), Saturday at the 15th day of Ligue 1.

. OL saves his week

The rebound after the Russian cold spell: three days after his defeat (2-0) on the Zenit St. Petersburg C1, Lyon saved his week by winning the Meinau.

Thanks to this success, OL is back in the wagon chasing (6th, 22 points), respectively two lengths of Angers, defeated in Nice (2-1), and six of Marseille, winner of Brest Friday (2 -1).

Still deprived of Memphis Depay, Lyon coach Rudi Garcia had aligned an offensive trio composed of Moussa Dembélé, Maxwel Cornet, and Martin Terrier, preferred to Bertrand Traoré.

At first suffering in front of a solid Alsatian team, Anthony Lopes' teammates won with goals from Maxwel Cornet (40th) and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (75th), while Youssouf Fofana opened the scoring (22nd). ).

Lyon, who have four victories in their last five L1 matches, confirm their domestic revival since the arrival of Rudi Garcia on the bench in mid-October.

. Lille lives again, Montpellier at the foot of the podium

Like Lyon, Lille reacted well after the demonstration of Ajax Amsterdam (2-0) on his lawn by winning against Dijon (1-0) on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

In front of the score thanks to a converted penalty of Victor Osimhen just before half-time (45 + 6), the Lille were hot with a post Baldé, unable to frame his recovery at close range (58th), then this Chouiar goal, refused for an offside (68th).

By ending the series of five games without a win in all competitions, the team of Christophe Galtier goes back to 7th place in the standings, just behind Lyon.

The good operation of the evening is the work of Montpellier, author of a card against Amiens (4-2). With their third consecutive home success, Andy Delort's teammates climb to the foot of the podium (4th, 23 pts).

Bordeaux, who thought they had a very precious success against Reims since the opener of Maja (27th), saw his opponent join him in the final seconds of the game thanks to a goal from Dia (90 + 4). As a result, the Girondins are fifth with 23 points.

At the bottom of the table, Nice (11th, 20 pts) gave himself air by beating 3-1 Angers, the 3rd of the championship. The last Nîmes and Metz (17th) were held in check (1-1) and remain close to the red zone.

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