“French League”: Olympique Lyonnais tops with a dramatic victory over Nice

Olympique Lyonnais defeated its guest, Nice, 2-1, in a dramatic scenario, at the end of the seventh round of the French Football League, on Sunday evening.

Nice surprised its opponent by taking the lead with Elie Wahi's goal in the 18th minute.

But the hosts quickly regained their balance, equalizing with a goal by Pavel Schulz in the 32nd minute, and taking the lead with a second goal scored by Tanner Tessmann in the 36th minute, so Lyon turned the tables on its guest within four minutes.

The excitement increased in the second half when Japanese Kaito Nakamura was sent off in the 70th minute, leaving Lyon to complete the match with ten players.

Nice pressed hard, taking advantage of the numerical deficiency among its rivals, and equalized with a second goal by Elie Wahi in the 93rd minute after a cross from Algerian Mohamed El Amin Amoura, but VAR intervened by canceling the goal due to offside.

With this result, Lyon overcomes the setback of its loss to Lens in the last round, and raises its score to 14 points to take the lead, ahead of four clubs on goal difference, namely Paris Saint-Germain, the defending champion, and its neighbors Paris FC, Lille, and Monaco, who occupy positions from second to fifth, respectively.

As for Nice, it suffered its first loss after two consecutive wins, leaving its score frozen at 8 points in thirteenth place.

Lazio continued its competition with leaders Inter Milan and achieved an important victory over its host Juventus 3-0, on Sunday, in the seventh round of the competition.

Lazio raised its score to 19 points in second place, on goal difference behind leaders Inter Milan, and two points behind third-placed Roma.

On the other hand, Juventus's balance froze at 11 points in eighth place.

Lazio took the lead in the 37th minute through Oliver Brogstard, then his teammate Gustave Isascon added the second goal in the 66th minute.

In the 89th minute, Fisayo Bichiro scored the third goal for Lazio.

The result put Luciano Spalletti, the coach of Juventus, in a very awkward position, as there were reports of the approaching end of his relationship with the club after the disappointing start of the current season.

The Brazilian national team began its campaign in the U-17 Women’s World Cup, held in Morocco, with a sweeping victory over Canada, 6-2, in the third group competition, on Sunday.

Helena, Nicoli Manuel, Marcela Pontrem, Grace Kelly (double) and Pepe scored Brazil's goals in the 15+4, 46, 56, 63, 72 and 95 minutes.

On the other hand, Reid Tingley and Chloe Cicchitano scored Canada's goals in the 4th and 50th minutes.

Later, Norway will play against Ghana in the same group competitions.

At the same time, Japan beat Zambia 5-0 in Group Four, which also includes France and Venezuela.

Japan's goals were scored by Narima Kurita (double), Zambia's Grace Phiri (own own goal), Wara Shimizu, and Oska Tanaka, in the 9th, 13th, 72nd, 88th and 96th minutes.