Grenoble vs. Olympique Lyon

Lyon did not make a very impressive start to the match at all and might have fallen behind on 12 minutes, when Jimmy Juan diverted Laurent Batlles’ corner off the visiting bar.

Until about the half hour mark, Grenoble were still controlling the majority of possession, and it was only until after this point that OL started to assert themselves on the game. Cesar Delgado made a good incursion down the right side of the Grenoble defence, but his centre was skewed wide by Sidney Govou. Five minutes later Lisandro failed to hit the target with a header as the half finished goalless.

With his side in need of inspiration, Puel threw on Bafe Gomis for the ineffective Sidney Govou just before the hour, and it took less than ten minutes for the change to pay dividends. The ex-Saint Etienne man set up Delgado, and he fired home to give Lyon the lead.

When Laurent Courtios was sent-off only a couple of minutes later, the game seemed to be up for the hosts, but incredibly they drew level on 72 minutes. Played through on goal delightfully, substitute Danijel Ljuboja finished calmly past Hugo Lloris.

Surprisingly Lyon were tame in the closing stages, with the game drifting away from them with no real growl.