UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Valencia DLLWD 0
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Match Report

John Walton / EMPICS Sport

Gary Neville's first game in charge of Valencia ends in loss to Lyon

Gary Neville watched his Valencia team slide into the Europa League after his Mestalla debut saw Lyon claim a 2-0 Champions League victory.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
14
4
Saves
4
44.3
Possession
55.7
13
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
425
415
Passes
500
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
13
Crosses
38
0.2
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
37
29
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
13
25
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
14
37
Clearances
15

Head to Head

VAL leads series 1-0

Lineups

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 24Jaume DoménechG
  2. 23Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  3. 5Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 2João CanceloRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM
  7. 15Enzo PérezLM
  8. 12Danilo BarbosaRM
  9. 9Paco AlcácerF
  10. 20Rodrigo De PaulLF
  11. 22Santi MinaRF

LYON · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 15Jérémy MorelCD-L
  3. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-R
  4. 3Henri BedimoLB
  5. 20RafaelRB
  6. 21Maxime GonalonsCM
  7. 8Corentin TolissoLM
  8. 14Sergi DarderRM
  9. 10Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 7Clément GrenierLF
  11. 27Maxwel CornetRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Valencia CF. Javi Fuego replaces Enzo Pérez because of an injury.
  2. 24' Aymen Abdennour (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Goal! Valencia CF 0, Lyon 1. Maxwell Cornet (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Maxime Gonalons.
  4. 38' Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Santi Mina (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Substitution, Valencia CF. Álvaro Negredo replaces Danilo.
  7. 68' Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Lyon. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Clément Grenier.
  9. 75' Substitution, Valencia CF. Pablo Piatti replaces Rodrigo de Paul.
  10. 76' Goal! Valencia CF 0, Lyon 2. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso with a through ball following a fast break.
  11. 77' Substitution, Lyon. Bakary Koné replaces Sergi Darder.
  12. 77' Substitution, Lyon. Claudio Beauvue replaces Alexandre Lacazette.

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