Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP)

Marseille saved a draw in Lyon (1-1) by playing 70 minutes eleven against ten, after the exclusion of Dimitri Payet, but the result does not arrange the accounts of any of the teams, Sunday for the 6th day of the League 1.

No loser plunged into crisis, but the two bad series continue.

OL have not won for five matches, OM for four, but Lyon can blame themselves for missing several match points in this "Olimpico".

Payet excluded for a sole on Léo Dubois (18), after opening the scoring (16), the Gones then monopolized the ball.

Houssem Aouar quickly equalized from the penalty spot (28 sp), he who thought he could leave at the end of the transfer window, but did not kill the match.

The midfielder thought he was doing it, but his goal was refused for an unclear charge on Steve Mandanda (76).

Unable to take advantage of their numerical superiority, Lyon are only 14th, and modest OM 10th.

Rudi Garcia lost his bet.

The Lyon coach had chosen to start without three heavyweights, Memphis Depay, Moussa Dembélé and Bruno Guimaraes, but the animation of his team remained too dull.

André Villas-Boas, he avoided the worst, but he has not won since the feat at Paris SG (1-0).

- Payet, a goal then a red -

With or without Memphis, who is ruminating on a departure for the moment aborted in Barcelona, ​​Lyon has perpetuated its bad habits of the moment at the start of the meeting: to circulate the ball without being dangerous.

And on their first attacking ball, OM scored, thanks to the inspiration of their creative duo.

Florian Thauvin stole a ball from Thiago Mendès to serve deliciously Dimitri Payet, whose control strike beat Anthony Lopes.

But the match of the Marseille N.10 turned in the other direction a few minutes later: he took a red card for a nasty sole on Léo Dubois (18).

Referee Nelly Frappart went to see the video: she had only put a yellow in the first judgment.

No need for VAR then to validate the penalty when Alvaro Gonzalez stepped on the foot of Melvin Bard.

Houssem Aouar transformed and equalized for OL (28).

Again in the momentum, Lyon very early had a ball to take the advantage, but Steve Mandanda, who had already not gone far from the penalty, relaxed on a strike from Thiago Mendès (29).

The Marseille goalkeeper again deflected a violent strike from Karl Toko-Ekambi (44) on the post.

He believed it was costing his team a goal as the ball benefited Tino Kadewere, who pushed the ball into the goal.

- Lyon imprecise -

But the VAR canceled what would have been the first official goal for the Zimbabwean OL, because the Cameroonian was offside.

In the second half, the possession and the chances were Lyon, but he always lacked something to the Rhone.

Anger to Maxence Caqueret, in an excellent position but countered by Alvaro (58), precision to Thiago Mendès, who sent an excellent ball from Memphis (79) to the post.

The Dutchman himself sent the last chance of the match (90 + 5) to the clouds.

OL at least showed the new pearl of their training center, the amazing Melvin Bard, the side who got the penalty.

In the 65th minute, his ardor worked wonders: in an ultra-offensive position to strike at a narrow angle on Mandanda, he ran to recover Nemanja Radonjic who was spinning towards goal.

The Serbian had just replaced Dario Benedetto, very little found by his partners in these circumstances, outnumbered.

Stifled, OM lived only cons, but almost scored on a misunderstanding between Lopes and Thiago Mendès, caught on his line by Bruno Guimaraes (72).

But at the end of the match, it was the sky blue who raised their arms and hugged each other.

This point is worth more for them.

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