Lyon rallies past Nice with two first-half goals

DÉCINES-CHARPIEU, France (Interstat) — Lyon rallied from an early deficit to beat Nice 2-1 at Groupama Stadium on Sunday. Elye Wahi Sepe put Nice ahead in the 18th minute, finishing a Jonathan Clauss assist. Pavel Sulc equalized for Lyon in the 32nd minute, and Tanner Tessmann scored the winner in the 36th minute off a Zachary Athekame assist. Wahi was booked in second-half stoppage time after Nice had already received yellow cards to Nkounkou in the 10th, Abdelmonem in the 48th and Amoura in the 65th. Lyon’s Nakamura was sent off in the 70th minute, leaving the hosts to close out the win with 10 men. Lyon used substitutions from Duranville and Nartey in the 61st, Boudache in the 75th, and Sulc and Abner Vinicius in the 81st. Nice brought on Abdelmonem in the 81st and Mandza Tsiendi, Witsel and Hein in the 87th. The result moved Lyon to 4-1-2 in the competition and 5-1-2 across all competitions. Nice dropped to 2-3-2 in the competition and across all competitions.