Le Classique, between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, is the most famous match in French football but the Rhône derby between St Etienne and Lyon is by far the fiercest. St Etienne lacked the gumption to mount anything that resembled a comeback and the normally white-hot, incessant din of the Stade Geoffroy Guichard was washed away. Whereas the first half had been oddly surreal, the second quickly became an embarrassment for St Etienne. With St Etienne already routed, Fékir rounded off one of the host’s worst nights in their recent history and angered St Etienne ultras in the process. Lyon players swiftly exited before referee Clément Turpin led the remaining St Etienne players off with four minutes to play.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2017 13:38 UTC