What a waste! Totally above their evening opponent, Lyon was unable to make the difference at home against Besiktas and ended up paying dearly with their first defeat in the Europa League of the season (0-1) for this 3rd daytime. Winner of Olympiakos (2-0) then Glasgow Rangers (4-1), Pierre Sage’s men had the three in their sights but suffered from a terrible lack of realism in front of the goals.
However, Alexandre Lacazette shook the net in the 24th minute of play with a sublime collective action initiated by Rayan Cherki, but the VAR decided otherwise to find an offside a few centimeters close to Corentin Tolisso. Rebelote a minute later when the video assistance refused a penalty previously whistled still on the same Lacazette.
One counter, and that’s it
But if that was all there was to it… The Lyonnais can only blame themselves. In turn Ainsley Maitland-Niles (37th), Saïd Benrahma twice on the side then on the bar (52nd, 55th) and Alexandre Lacazette (54th) did not find the opening on Ersin Destanoglu, the club’s replacement goalkeeper Turkish who were playing their first match of the season. Results, the Lyonnais, saved once by their post (67th), were punished by Gedson Fernandes on an innocuous action (0-1, 71st) before chasing the score, without success, for twenty minutes, despite a last opportunity monumental for Wilfried Zaha in added time.
A defeat which concludes a complicated evening for French clubs in the Europa League. Earlier, Nice was beaten by the Hungarians of Ferencvaros (1-0) and finds itself with one small point in three games in 33rd place. Far from Lyon, 10th with 6 points. Even further from the top 8.
