{"id":10127,"date":"2023-10-02T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/lyon-misery-continues-as-high-flying-brest-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:33:17","slug":"lyon-misery-continues-as-high-flying-brest-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lyon-misery-continues-as-high-flying-brest-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon misery continues as high-flying Brest | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ailing French giants Lyon remain rooted to the bottom of the Ligue 1 table after their miserable season continued with a 2-0 defeat at Reims on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A fortnight after Italian Fabio Grosso’s arrival as manager Lyon are still looking for their first win.<\/p>\n

Goals from Marshall Munetsi and Yunis Abdelhamid lifted Reims into third behind high-flying Brest, who held fourth-placed Nice to a goalless draw.<\/p>\n

Monaco are top following their 3-2 defeat of Marseille on Saturday after fifth-placed champions Paris Saint-Germain were held to a 0-0 draw by struggling Clermont.<\/p>\n

Like Clermont, seven-time former champions Lyon have only mustered two points from their first seven outings, with Sunday’s reverse deepening the sense of crisis at the club.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know what to tell you, I’m upset, I’ve been a supporter of Lyon since I was a kid and I’ve never seen the club in this position,” said midfielder Corentin Tolisso.<\/p>\n

Up at the other end modest Brest are enjoying their best ever start to a Ligue 1 campaign, with four wins, two draws and only one loss to sit on 14 points, second only on goal difference to Monaco.<\/p>\n

Brest’s manager Eric Roy said: “There’s a small regret because we think we can do a bit better than that. But we’ve got another point, and with 14 it’s much more comfortable to go to work during the week.”<\/p>\n

Their Sunday hosts, Nice, had a difficult build-up to the game with midfielder Alexis Beka Beka declared “safe and sound” by police after being discovered in a “state of distress” on Friday.<\/p>\n

Beka Beka, who featured for France at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, joined the Ineos-owned Nice in August 2022 from Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia for 12 million euros.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on Sunday Lille beat Le Havre 2-0 and Toulouse downed Metz 3-0. Nigerian forward Akor Adams netted twice as Montpellier won 3-0 away to Lorient.<\/p>\n

Later Sunday, Rennes ended a run of five successive draws to defeat Nantes 3-1 and move into sixth place, just a point behind PSG.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Bourigeaud gave Rennes a sixth-minute lead from the penalty spot but Nantes were level on the stroke of half-time through captain Pedro Chirivella.<\/p>\n

In a fiery second period, seven yellow cards were handed out before Desire Doue restored Rennes’ lead with Arnaud Kalimuendo converting a last-minute penalty for the third goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n