Lyon relaunched their race towards Europe by crunching 4 to 1 from the slightly too soft Lorient on Friday in the opening match of the 27th day of Ligue 1. Tenth after their defeat last week against Lille, marred by a refereeing error against them, the Lyonnais temporarily climb to 6th place, 5 points from the podium, their objective still displayed.

Toko-Ekambi, already 13 goals this season

In addition to the full points, the Gones were full of confidence, with an attack boosted by a double from Romain Faivre and achievements from Moussa Dembelé and Karl Toko Ekambi, while on the Lorient side, Terem Moffi showed that he could still roar.

Ideal conditions also for the return of Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, who entered at the end of the match to the applause of his teammates, 13 months after his serious knee injury.

It now remains for Peter Bosz's men to confirm this renewed form against more seasoned opponents, with in the next 10 days the double confrontation with Porto in the round of 16 of the Europa League and the reception of Rennes.

“In my opinion, we were better last week.

We played better against Lille, the difference is the goals.

We started very well but then we lost too many easy balls, we let Lorient get into the game.

Since the break, we have been playing much better.

We had a lot of chances, we just needed goals, and tonight we saw them.

Even if everything wasn't great, I think we're on the right track.

And it's the right time, because we're going to play twice a week.

March, April, May, in a season, these are the months when the team must be in top form.

It would be time, after the first six months on alternating current. 

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