Bordeaux (AFP)

Although dominating in large widths, Lyon could not impose its offensive power on a curled up but solid Bordeaux (0-0) Friday night at the opening of the third day of L1.

In their quest for Europe next spring, Rudi Garcia's men may have lost two points in Gironde.

Especially if we trust the statistics all to their advantage - apart from the number of faults committed - which in the majority of cases would have given them the victory.

But they fell on a Girondin block once again hermetic and still undefeated this season.

With regard to the overall score of his players who are above all united if not brilliant, Jean-Louis Gasset will be satisfied with this sharing of points.

With a Marçal close - the Brazilian signed this week in Wolverhampton - Garcia had renewed the team which had succeeded in entering L1 against Dijon (4-1, hat-trick from Memphis Depay including two penalties).

Suddenly, Houssem Aouar, cured of the Covid, remained for nearly an hour on the bench.

"We know that it is never easy to go and win in Bordeaux," he said Thursday.

On paper, he was not wrong, as the pedigree of the recent semi-finalists of the Champions League can be scary on the French scene.

- Positive entry from Aouar -

Quickly in the bath, the Lyonnais showed a lot of determination with three express situations in the surface of a Benoît Costil on alert but the precision failed Karl Toko Ekambi at the exit of a one-two with Moussa Dembélé ( 2), or even to the latter on a center back from Maxwel Cornet (8).

Maxence Caquerel and Bruno Guimarães imperial in the middle, Léo Dubois untenable on his side: the Rhodaniens confiscated the ball for a long time from Bordeaux desperately cutesy as soon as it came to approaching the goals of Anthony Lopes.

To be honest, the rare shivers they aroused during the first act came from a pressing very high on the back guard of Gones who panicked twice without Jean-Louis Gasset's men benefiting from it. .

The scenario changed little at the break with Lyonnais playing with their hands and chaining attempts out of frame - Depay (52), Joachim Andersen (53) - facing Girondins having all the trouble in the world to make three passes to the 'before.

The return of Aouar has enlightened the visitor game a little more, with a full field breakthrough irregularly stopped by ... Jimmy Briand, then a festival in the area following a bad one from Laurent Koscielny concluded by a strike on the post of Costil beaten (81), before a final attempt fleeing the frame (90 + 1).

Opposite, Bordeaux also believed in it when the debates became a little more balanced - thank you Yacine Adli, entered on time - with less restraint and calculations, like Toma Basic tackling with rage but at side a ball lost in the visiting area.

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