LYON: Lopes; Jallet, Umtiti, Rose, Bedimo; Tolisso, Gonalons (C), Ferri; Fekir; Beauvue, Njie.
Subs: Gorgelin, Benzia, Grenier, Kalulu, Kone, Labidi, Lacazette, Malbranque, Mvuemba, Zeffane
MILAN: Diego Lopez; Calabria, Alex, Ely, De Sciglio; De Jong, Nocerino, Bertolacci; Bonaventura; Niang, Suso.
Subs: Abbiati, Donnarumma, Paletta, Antonelli, Mauri, Honda, Poli, Montolivo, Mexes, Cerci, Matri.
The rossoneri travelled to France for what was their third pre-season friendly after previous wins over Alcione and Legnano.
Milan enjoyed more of the possession in the opening exchanges, keeping the ball well and winning a series of corners, but unable to test the Lyon goalkeeper or fashion out any clear-cut chances. After 19 minutes Niang latched onto a superb through ball by Suso and showed great strength to work himself into a shooting position before shooting agonisingly wide. Then, against the run of play the home side broke the deadlock and took the lead when Fekir curled a free-kick past Diego Lopez after 24 minutes.
After the interval, Milan almost scored through Poli from a good Cerci assist. Lyon almost made in 2-0 but Diego Lopez was at his best to deny Jallet from making it 2-0 for the French side, blocking the Frenchman’s shot from close range. Moments later Poli found the equaliser in spectacular fashion, rifling the ball past Lopes with an unstoppable right foot screamer from distance. Finally, it was the home side that went on to regain their lead on 80 minutes through Lacazette and it proved to be the game’s winning goal.
This means that Milan suffered their first pre-season friendly lost, and also the first lost under Mihailovic. Overall, it wasn't a bad game, but it definitely showed the fragilties in our defence, especially for Lyon's winning goal. Hopefully, reinforcements in that department will come sooner rather than later.
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