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00:30Leon playing from left to right in this first half. The firecrackers have whips it
00:37dangerously right-footed. Ainsley Maitland-Niles is there to clear and now
00:42Ryan Shirky for Leon. Nice jinking run from Shirky. Looks to release Fofana.
00:48Statistics to his game. Ryan Shirky he's going to be some player isn't he? He's still
00:53struggling though to score and assist.
01:01Good ball from Boushouari. Masson with the cutback and totally unopposed.
01:08Bouakye with the shot.
01:13Look at the space on that flank. Nicholas Tagliafico nowhere to be seen.
01:17The Leon left-back.
01:21Good play by Shirky battling to win it back but he's now lost it.
01:26This is Boushouari. Finding David Tashvili. David Tashvili gets a good
01:33crossing position and Stassin heads it just wide of that near post. Well it
01:40would be the perfect time for the Belgian to get his first goal in French
01:43football tonight. He wasn't too far away there.
01:49Play continuing. Shirky inviting Verrattu on.
01:57Nice skills again. Verrattu with the cross. It's gone a long way. Super save by
02:02Larsen. Shirky doing well to set up Verrattu. His cross.
02:11Tagliafico for Lacazette. Lacazette again. Off the post.
02:20Same level thanks to the reflexes of Gautier Larsen and thanks to Larsen's
02:27left hand upright.
02:31It's really in space. Mané Fofana now. Leon starting to turn the screw
02:39perhaps. Fofana into the box. Fofana with the shooting chance. Good save
02:42Larsen. It's his second save. Last couple of minutes. Good direct running from the
02:4919-year-old Fofana.
03:01Shirky right-footed. Chaletsa heads it back into the danger zone. Lovely
03:08overhead and Lacazette with his knee forces the ball in.
03:16The Leon captain leads by example in the derby.
03:22Goal in a derby against Saint-Etienne and it has given Leon the perfect start
03:26tonight. Helped on by Tolisso and the gold puncture supreme Alex Lacazette
03:34was on hand to just get that touch beyond Larsen.
03:44Look what it means to Lucas Perry and all of the Leon supporters here in the
03:50Groupama Stadium. Leon on track thanks to Lacazette.
04:05Good ball from Shirky. Almost the second goal. It was Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
04:14Now Shirky wants more. Matic, Maitland-Niles. Curls it this time and
04:22Larsen up. Makes a comfortable take.
04:28Another hard tackle coming in on Stassan von Behind.
04:34David Tashvili has been accused of diving. Stassan's going crazy and has got a
04:39booking. Nasty tackles from behind. One from Chaletsa where the crowd won
04:45the ball.
04:51Ryan Shirky battling away. Finding Fofana.
04:56Fofana, he's so quick and he's being pulled down just outside the penalty area.
05:02He's a tiny man, Malik Fofana.
05:08Look at that.
05:13More like a rugby tackle in the end. It's a bit of a tap tackle from the Ghanaian boy
05:17Aki.
05:21A danger free kick for Olampique Lyonnais.
05:32Shirky going for goal himself. Larsen is there. Now Maitland-Niles.
05:42Incredibly the ball stays out. Saint-Etienne are barely keeping their heads
05:49above the water here. Who isn't in attendance tonight, he also had a derby
05:54to watch because he's in charge of an NHL team, an ice hockey team,
06:00the Toronto Maple Leafs.
06:06Stassan will be happy with that because he's had not much change out of the Lyon
06:11defence or the referee.
06:17Fofana giving even Nasson plenty to think about here. Now the shot off for
06:21Ryan Shirky and it's not a million miles wide. Dipping strike from the local lad.
06:28Didn't quite come round enough.
06:35Saint-Etienne just about get through to halftime.
06:41Good effort by Saint-Etienne but it's 1-0 after 45 minutes with the Lacazette goal.
06:47The captain scored Thursday on the Europa League by the way. Scores again in the league
06:51unseasoned. We'll take a short break and come back with the highlights from the first half of the game.
06:58So we are back underway in this the 124th Rhone-Alpes derby between Lyon and Saint-Etienne
07:05and it is the home side who have the advantage. Halfway through the contest
07:11Alexandre Lacazette with his sixth derby goal in his long career really helped to
07:17steady the ship.
07:22David Tashvili going for goal. It's speculative though.
07:28Equa with a good ball to David Tashvili. David Tashvili is tripped by Shirky.
07:41Lights on the corner of the box.
07:45Very dangerous delivery with his right foot. Can he get it? Right here. Well it's a direct.
08:00Former Botafogo goalkeeper. Ball from Petro and it's opening up for David Tashvili.
08:11Bouchouare to Yvonne Masson. Another relatively straightforward save for the Brazilian.
08:23Encouraging signs for the visitors. Pierre Equa.
08:29Petro. David Tashvili might go for goal here. He does and pounce on that
08:37dipping shot. Lacazette. Good turn this time. Maitland-Niles. The cutback for Lacazette
08:44who was a bit late to that shot. Fofana though does get the shot away and it's a
08:50good yard or two wide at that far post. It's a bit better though. This is from Lyon.
08:56Bit more urgency. Matic. It's Welt on possession and lost the ball. This is
09:04David Tashvili. From the 23-year-old Zurico David Tashvili coming inside
09:12Maitland-Niles and it took a last-ditch block from Celica Sarko.
09:27Something of a lull in proceedings.
09:32Middle nutmeg from Scherke. Accelerating. Ryan Scherke still and now Nwama and now
09:40Fofana for a second goal. It's saved by Larsena and Saint-Etienne are still in the contest.
09:47Lucas Perry. Larsena moments before that making a stop with his leg. Tolisso.
09:55Tolisso loses it. David Tashvili. And now on the counter-attack. Oh Sissoko he's
10:01got there ahead of Niyokate. This is the chance for Saint-Etienne. Sissoko good save.
10:07Lucas Perry with two clenched fists celebrates with the Lyon fans. That was a big moment.
10:14Dennis Appiah back to Benseka. And a horrible moment for the goalkeeper. And Lyon have got the second goal.
10:33Ernest Nwama pounces on a horrible moment from Gautier-Larsena.
10:41Throughout they'll be kicking themselves conceding such a sloppy goal here.
10:46Larsena not really under pressure but his first touch was poor.
10:52He was very quickly closed down by Mikko Tadze. Nwama pounced.
10:58Now does Mikko Tadze use his arm? That will be looked at.
11:08Well the referee is going to have a look.
11:11So there is every chance that the goal will be chalked off. But again like I say it's
11:17interpretation. Will the man in the middle Willy Delugio
11:23consider that he's made a clear and obvious mistake? Will he consider that this is a handball from Mikko Tadze?
11:36And Willy Delugio reverses his decision. The goal does not stand. Handball from Mikko Tadze
11:43and Saint-Etienne remain in this game. Good ball Mikko Tadze. Mikko Tadze goes for goal straight at the keeper.
11:53You never know. There could be a twist. There tend to be stories around derbies.
12:10For that foul.
12:24This is Mwefek. Aynen Mwefek gets the shot away and Parry makes the stop.
12:34Leon will be hoping it might have a glorious future but it's fair to say that so far eight
12:39years into its life it's not had a huge amount to celebrate.
12:47Aynen Mwefek with the back pass and the referee does only play
12:50six minutes. Lacazette celebrates. He's the hero once again.
12:57That's a quick whistle and it's a hard tough game for Leon but they get the three points.
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