Lyon’s dazzling comeback shows why Ligue 1 offers plenty of attacking gifts | Eric Devin
With 37 goals and only one draw in the French top flight, life without Kylian Mbappé continues apace
By Eric Devin for Get French Football News
One of the biggest pieces of news in this first weekend after the closure of the transfer window was Kylian Mbappé’s impressive double, his first goals in La Liga, helping Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Real Betis. But while its most readily marketable asset may have departed this summer, that doesn’t seem to have taken any of the shine off Ligue 1’s ability to produce compelling, attacking football.
On matchday three, across its nine games, the French top flight saw 37 goals scored, and only one team fail to find the net. Three teams (Brest, Lyon and Nice) scored four times in a set of results that featured only one draw all weekend. And while the (still very inevitable-looking) Paris Saint-Germain top the table with the division’s only perfect record, four other teams have taken seven points from their first three matches, setting up what looks to be a bumper battle for the European spots, despite a slight reticence to spend for many clubs and a raft of coaching changes as well.
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