Ligue 1 Recap: Lyon keep control of 2nd place over Monaco, Marseille

Forward Bertrand Traore scored two goals as seven-time champion Lyon kept the upper hand in its three-way fight for Champions League qualification with a 3-0 victory over official nfl nike jerseys Troyes on Sunday.

With two games left this season, Lyon remained second behind Paris Saint-Germain, which sealed the title with five games to spare last month.

Lyon has been in tremendous form in recent weeks, securing eight consecutive league wins. It kept its one-point lead over deposed champion Monaco intact after the Riviera side snatched a last-minute 2-1 win at Caen.the authentic nfl jerseys

Fourth-place Marseille, which can also qualify for the Champions League by winning the Europa League, defeated Nice 2-1 and is one point behind Monaco.

The 22-year-old Traore scored twice in the first half in the space of seven minutes, taking his tally for the season to 13 goals.

Maxwel Cornet, another promising forward aged 21, sealed Lyon’s win in the 88th minute from a tight angle.

SYLLA SHINES

Monaco needed a stoppage-time goal from teenage forward Moussa Sylla to end a three-match winless run with a 2-1 win at Caen and keep alive its hopes of securing the second automatic Champions League berth.

The 18-year-old Sylla scored both Monaco’s goals after being given his first start in attack because of a spate of injuries in Leonardo Jardim’s squad.

Sylla opened the scoring in the 13th from the rebound after Youri Tielemans hit the post, becoming the youngest scorer in the league this season at 18 years, 5 months.where to get nfl jerseys

He then made the most of a poor clearance by ‘keeper Remy Vercoutre to secure three crucial points after Ivan Santini leveled for the hosts.

Monaco had a nine-point lead over Lyon and was seven points clear of Marseille in March but had managed just one win in its past five nfl jerseys china nikegames.