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Ligue 1 friendly results: Lyon & Lens kick-off pre-season with big wins, Monaco held by Cercle Brugge

As pre-season starts to get underway, Ligue 1 sides are starting to test their metal in early pre-season fixtures. Big wins came for Lyon and Lens, whilst Strasbourg suffered a defeat to Jose Mourinho's Fenerbachce and Monaco were held by sister club Cercle Brugge. See below how Ligue 1 clubs got on this weekend.

George Boxall

Published on 07/16/2024 at 14:21

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More and more clubs are seeing the return of players back for pre-season, with Ligue 1 sides kicking off their pre-season preparations both at home and abroad. Let's take a look at last weekend's friendly results.

Monaco 1-1 Cercle Brugge

Adi Hütter's side began preparations with a loss to Servette last week, and faced sister club Cercle Brugge in a friendly this week. Golovin captained a Monégasque side that had to come from a goal down to equalise through Thilo Kehrer, after Kevin Denkey opened the scoring from the penalty spot.

The first goal of the 24/25 season scored by our German defender Thilo Kehrer. 👏⚽️

Many more to come. 🔴⚪️
pic.twitter.com/21rYqkcs2X
— AS Monaco EN (@AS_Monaco_EN) July 13, 2024

Olympique Lyonnais 7-0 Chassieu-Décines

Les Gones began their pre-season preparations in ideal fashion, as Pierre Sage's side raced into a seven-goal lead thanks to goals from Lepenant, Orban, Perret, Baldé, and a debut brace for Enzo Molebe.

📍Autriche 🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/EERLQtg8CA
— Olympique Lyonnais 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@OL_English) July 15, 2024

RC Lens 6-0 Red Star

Will Still's first game in charge of the Sang & Or ended in a convincing victory against newly-promoted Ligue 2 side Red Star. Elye Wahi raced to hatrick within 24 minutes, before goals were added by Saïd, Guulavogui, and Fulgini.

Wahi is ready for the 2024/25 season 🎩⚽️ pic.twitter.com/jyhfl8Gm44
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) July 13, 2024

Strasbourg 0-4 Fenerbahce

Patrick Vieira's side faced Jose Mourinho's Fenerbachce at home, but goals from Szymanski, Tadic, Kent, and Dzeko would seal the loss for RCSA.

Full time in Graz -- despite a better showing in the second half, the match ends on the same score as halftime #RCSAFSK (0-4) pic.twitter.com/rj2c1hWPHH
— Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace English (@RCSA_English) July 13, 2024

Ligue 1 friendly results from this weekend:

Monaco 1-1 Cercle Brugge
Olympique Lyonnais 7-0 Chassieu-Décines
RC Lens 6-0 Red Star
Strasbourg 0-4 Fenerbahce
Caen 0-1 Nantes
Brest 2-0 Avranches
Reims 2-0 Fleury-Mérogis
Lille 1-0 Malines
Toulouse 2-1 Rodez
Saint Malo 3-3 Rennes

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