In the ninth round of the French Football League, Lorient managed to continue to achieve victories, beating their colleague Lille 2-1 in a match that took place at the Stade Yves le Mostoire.
With this important victory, Lorient raised his lead to 22 points in third place, while Lille’s balance sheet settled at 13 points in eighth place.
Returning to the course of the meeting, the beginning of the first half between the two teams was close, but “Lille” managed to control possession of the ball, but without posing a great danger to the gates of the hosts of the earth, and in turn, Lorient tried to take advantage of the attacking move of the night, and on the minute gave Diakita progress to Lorient by scoring a goal against his team to lead Lorient 1-0 and then Lille tried to equalize but he landed a solid shot. line of defense by the end of the first half 1-0.
In the second half, Lille tried to press the Lorient goal to equalize, and the pressure was good for Lille, as Dango Ouattara Lorient was sent off, so the team ended the match with nine players, after which the Lille coach made substitutions to activate the baseline and in the 78th minute Lille managed to convert the equalizer through their young star Jonathan David to make it 1-1 and then Lil tried to surprise Lorient and score a goal, but the latter turned the scales in his advantage, and in the 87th minute Theo Lobri scored in the attack, making the score 2:1, and then the referee added 4 minutes of lost time, but the result remained the same, and the match ended with a score of 2-1.
Source: El Iktisad