UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 11, 2017
Ajax Amsterdam WLLWW 1
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Lyon LLWLW 3
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AJA101
LYON213
2nd Leg - Ajax Amsterdam win 5-4 on aggregate · Groupama Stadium · 53,810 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
2
42.6
Possession
57.4
17
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
212
Accurate Passes
317
327
Passes
442
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
69
20
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
19
26
Tackles
28
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
18
36
Clearances
18

Head to Head

AJA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Mouctar DiakhabyCD-L
  3. 3Nicolas NkoulouCD-R
  4. 15Jérémy MorelLB
  5. 20RafaelRB
  6. 18Nabil FekirAM
  7. 21Maxime GonalonsLM
  8. 8Corentin TolissoRM
  9. 10Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 28Mathieu ValbuenaAM-L
  11. 27Maxwel CornetAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Mathieu GorgelinSUB
  2. 31Maciej RybusSUB
  3. 14Sergi DarderSUB
  4. 12Jordan FerriSUB
  5. 29Lucas TousartSUB
  6. 11Rachid GhezzalSUB
  7. 13Christophe JalletSUB

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 36Matthijs de LigtCD-L
  3. 5Davinson SánchezCD-R
  4. 26Nick ViergeverLB
  5. 3Joël VeltmanRB
  6. 20Lasse SchöneCM
  7. 22Hakim ZiyechLM
  8. 10Davy KlaassenRM
  9. 25Kasper DolbergF
  10. 11Amin YounesLF
  11. 9Bertrand TraoréRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  2. 2Kenny TeteSUB
  3. 45Justin KluivertSUB
  4. 16Heiko WestermannSUB
  5. 30Donny van de BeekSUB
  6. 77David NeresSUB
  7. 33Diederik BoerSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Jérémy Morel (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Lyon 0, Ajax 1. Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amin Younes with a through ball.
  4. 45' Goal! Lyon 1, Ajax 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Lyon 2, Ajax 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nabil Fekir.
  6. 49' Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 49' Joël Veltman (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 50' Davy Klaassen (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 59' Substitution, Ajax. Donny van de Beek replaces Lasse Schöne.
  10. 61' Nicolas Nkoulou (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 61' Nabil Fekir (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 65' Substitution, Ajax. Kenny Tete replaces Joël Veltman.
  13. 68' Nick Viergever (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 74' Substitution, Lyon. Maciej Rybus replaces Jérémy Morel.
  15. 77' Substitution, Lyon. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  16. 81' Goal! Lyon 3, Ajax 1. Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maciej Rybus with a cross.
  17. 82' Substitution, Ajax. Justin Kluivert replaces Amin Younes.
  18. 84' Second yellow card to Nick Viergever (Ajax) for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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