  A one-dimensional chain of sporadic maps with asymmetric nearest neighbour
couplings is numerically studied. It is shown that in the region of strong
asymmetry the system becomes spatially fully synchronized, even in the
thermodinamic limit, while the Lyapunov exponent is zero. For weak asymmetry
the synchronization is no more complete, and the Lyapunov exponent becomes
positive. In addition one has a clear relation between temporal and spatial
chaos, {\it i.e.}: a positive effective Lyapunov exponent corresponds to a lack
of synchronization and {\it vice versa}
