Friendly Roundup: How Ligue 1's sides fared this weekend
AC Le Havre - NEC Nijmegen: 1-1
Back from the U-19 Euros, where France lost in the final, Steve Ngoura scored the only goal for the Normandy side as they battled to a one-all draw in the Netherlands.
SATURDAY
Angers SCO - FC Lorient: 1-2
Loïs Diony's goal for Le SCO was in vain as they fell to their fellow Bretons in a closely-contested match.
AJ Auxerre - Red Star FC: 2-0
Promoted Auxerre turned in an impressive display in beating the Parisian side 2-0.
Stade Brestois 29 - Juventus (ITA): 2-2
Les Pirates held their own against a fellow Champions League side as Éric Roy matched wits with Thiago Motta in an entertaining draw.
RC Lens - Bayer Leverkusen: 2-2
Wesley Saïd and Jonathan Gradit found the net for Will Still's side in an impressive draw against Xabi Alonso's Bundesliga Champions.
Olympique Lyonnais - Union Berlin: 4-0
With Alexandre Lacazette away on Olympic duty, Gift Orban netted a double as Les Gones recorded a convincing win over their Bundesliga opponents.
Olympique de Marseille - Sunderland AFC 2-2
Faris Moumbagna and Canadian international Ismaël Koné both netted for Roberto de Zerbi's team as they were held away to Sunderland.
FC Nantes - Stade Lavallois: 2-1 (Kadewere, Simon)
Tino Kadewere and Moses Simon both scored to help the hosts defeat Les Tangos
Stade de Reims - Vissel Kobe: 0-1
The Champagne side closed out their Japanese tour with a narrow loss to the defending J-League champions.
Stade Rennais - Real Sociedad: 2-0
Summer recruit Albert Gronbaek was on the scoresheet alongside Amine Gouiri as the Bretons cruised to a 2-0 win over last season's Champions League participants.
AS Saint-Étienne - Grenoble Foot 38: 3-5
Les Verts suffered their first loss of the preseason against Ligue 2 opposition despite goals from Dennis Appiah and Ibrahim Sissoko.
RC Strasbourg Alsace - SC Freiburg: 2-2, 2-3
In Colmar, Racing saw a first goal for new signing Guéla Doué in their first match, drawing 2-2, while they lost the second playing a side largely composed of fringe players.
SUNDAY
AS Monaco - Genoa CFC: 1-2
Despite largely dominating play in a home match against Genoa, AS Monaco conceded twice in a narrow loss, with newly-signed striker Georges Ilenikhena netting his second goal in as many matches.
Montpellier HSC - Fiorentina: 1-2
Musa Al Tamaari scored La Paillade's only goal as they lost, 1-2, to a Fiorentina team containing former Ligue 1 players Moise Kean and Jonathan Ikoné.
Toulouse FC - Espanyol: 0-0
Les Violets continued their unbeaten preseason with a scoreless draw against La Liga's Espanyol, with summer signing Charlie Cresswell helping his new side post another clean sheet.
OGC Nice - Lecce: 3-2
Les Aiglons closed out the weekend with a 3-2 home win over Serie A side Lecce, with new signing Jonathan Clauss on the scoresheet alongside Evann Guessand and Badredine Bouanani.
