MONACO (AP) — Sylvinho started his French league coaching career with Lyon on a high note as the seven-time champion opened its campaign with a 3-0 win at Monaco on Friday.Despite the loss of several key players during the offseason Emily Sonnett Jersey , Lyon defended well and played as a compact bloc while Monaco, the 2017 champion which narrowly avoided relegation last season, lacked inspiration and did not create a single dangerous move.After qualifying for the Champions League last season, Lyon introduced a new coaching setup of sporting director Juninho and coach Sylvinho, who replaced Bruno Genesio.Moussa Dembele put the visitors ahead after five minutes when he jumped higher than Kamil Glik and Jemerson to unleash a thumping header into the top right corner from a well-taken corner kick by Bertrand Traore.Monaco’s hopes of pulling one back took a blow after 30 minutes when Cesc Fabregas was sent off following a clumsy move. Trying to stop Leo Dubois’ run to the goal, Fabregas stomped on the defender’s left calf. Referee Ruddy Buquet initially gave a yellow card to the former Arsenal star but changed his decision to a red after consulting the video-assistant referee system.Left unmarked outside the box, Memphis Depay made it 2-0 six minutes later with a fine strike that left new Monaco goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte confused as the ball went through his legs.Lecomte Sam Mewis Jersey , who joined from Montpellier during the offseason, made amends with a couple of good saves after halftime as Lyon kept dominating. But the France international was powerless in the 80th minute when Thiago Mendes provided the assist with a cut-back pass to Lucas Tousart, who converted it with a powerful low shot.Paris Saint-Germain starts the defense of its title on Sunday at the Parc des Princes against Nimes. BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Another elimination for Colombia, a new wave of death threats against a player.Twenty-five years after the murder of a player whose own-goal led to Colombia’s elimination at a World Cup, the nation is seeing threats against a player who missed a decisive penalty kick in the Copa América.Defender William Tesillo said on Monday he and his family have received death threats because of his miss in a quarterfinal on Friday. The threats were made public by his wife on Sunday.“They’ve written me and my wife (on social media),” he told the daily El País.Tesillo’s wife https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/abby-dahlkemper-jersey , Daniela Mejía, said on Instagram some of the threats alluded to former Colombia defender Andrés Escobar, who was murdered days after he scored an own-goal in the 1994 World Cup.There had been other cases of threats against players since then.After the 2018 World Cup, midfielder Carlos Sánchez was threatened after being sent off only three minutes into Colombia’s 2-1 loss to Japan in Russia.This year, one of the owners of Colombian club América de Cali had to leave town because of death threats made against him following the team’s elimination in a local competition.Tesillo missed Colombia’s fifth penalty in the team’s 5-4 loss in the shootout against Chile on Friday, leading to the team’s elimination from the Copa.Tesillo had been one of the most effective penalty takers in practice, but the 26-year-old León player sent his shot wide of the net in the shootout.Mejía said she “could spend all morning publishing the threats” against her husband and her family.The threats were made known to local authorities McCall Zerboni Jersey , who said they were working to try to identify those behind them.Tesillo’s father said his son took the initiative to take the decisive penalty because nobody else wanted to do it.“I was convinced he would score,” the player’s father, who is also called William Tesillo, told Caracol Radio. “We can only pray after seeing these threats against us. You have to realize that this is football and you can win or lose.”