Wilfried Zaha, the former Crystal Palace and Manchester United winger, made his debut for Lyon in their 2-1 victory over Toulouse on Sunday. In August, the Ivorian international joined the French club on a season-long loan from Galatasaray.
Lyon took the lead with a goal from Yann Gboho in the 14th minute, but an own goal from Lyon’s Rasmus Schmidt Nicolaisen leveled the scoreline. At halftime, the score was 1-1.
The match was still open, and Lyon appeared to strengthen as time passed. In the end, Belgian Malick Martin Fofana secured the win for the visitors with a last-minute goal.
Zaha, 31, had left Palace for Galatasaray last summer and made 42 appearances for the Turkish club. However, he was mainly a substitute towards the end of the season and did not play in any of Galatasaray’s four league or Champions League games this season.
Lyon secured their first win of the season with a 4-3 victory against Strasbourg on Friday.
Key Moments
Toulouse Municpal Stadium
L1 (MD6): Toulouse FC – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Gaël Angoula
Yellow cards: Veretout (11′); Caleta-Car (48′) to OL. Dønnum (58′), Casseres (88′) to Toulouse
Goals: Gboho (14′) for Toulouse. Nicolaisen (csc) (28′), Fofana (90+6) for OL.
Toulouse FC: Rest – Sidibé, Nicolaisen, McKenzie – Kamanzi, Sierro (Cap.) (Genreau 90+3′), Casseres, Dönnum (Suazo 67′) – Babicka (Aboukhlal 64′), Magri (King 64′), Gboho (Zajc 90+2′). Coach: Carles Martinez Novell
OL: Perri – Kumbedi, Mata (Maitland-Niles 88′), Caleta-Car, Abner – Veretout (Cherki 54′), Tessmann (Tolisso 67′), Caqueret (Cap.) – Zaha (Fofana 54′), Mikautadze (Lacazette 67′), Benrahma. Coach: Pierre Sage
