UEFA Europa League

FT Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Lyon LWDLW 1
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FC Porto WDDWW 0
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1st Leg · Estádio do Dragão · 26,309 att.

Match Report

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VAR rescues Lyon three times in Europa last-16 win at Porto

Lyon had Lucas Paqueta and VAR to thank after they beat Porto 1-0 in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
2
48.5
Possession
51.5
12
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
366
420
Passes
446
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.1
65
Long Balls
43
40
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
15
24
Tackles
30
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
14
29
Effective Clearances
14
29
Clearances
14

Head to Head

FCP leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

FCP · 4-4-2

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 3PepeCD-L
  3. 19Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 23João MárioRB
  6. 8Mateus UribeCM-L
  7. 20VitinhaCM-R
  8. 11PepêLM
  9. 25OtávioRM
  10. 9Mehdi TaremiCF-L
  11. 30EvanilsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Francisco ConceiçãoSUB
  2. 28Bruno CostaSUB
  3. 35Rúben SemedoSUB
  4. 70Gonçalo BorgesSUB
  5. 50Fabio VieiraSUB
  6. 29Toni MartínezSUB
  7. 2Fábio CardosoSUB
  8. 1Agustín MarchesínSUB
  9. 46Stephen EustáquioSUB
  10. 13GalenoSUB
  11. 16Marko GrujicSUB
  12. 14Cláudio RamosSUB

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 4Castello LukebaCD-L
  3. 23Thiago MendesCD-R
  4. 3EmersonLB
  5. 14Léo DuboisRB
  6. 10Lucas PaquetáAM
  7. 28Tanguy NdombeleLM
  8. 25Maxence CaqueretRM
  9. 9Moussa DembéléF
  10. 7Karl Toko EkambiAM-L
  11. 15Romain FaivreAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12HenriqueSUB
  2. 19Habib KeitaSUB
  3. 17Malo GustoSUB
  4. 11Tino KadewereSUB
  5. 22Jeff Reine-AdélaideSUB
  6. 30Julian PollersbeckSUB
  7. 21Damien Da SilvaSUB
  8. 26Bradley BarcolaSUB
  9. 40Kayne BonnevieSUB
  10. 8Houssem AouarSUB
  11. 5Jason DenayerSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Rúben Semedo replaces Pepe because of an injury.
  2. 59' Goal! FC Porto 0, Lyon 1. Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Dembele.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  3. 60' VAR Decision: Goal FC Porto 0-1 Lyon (Lucas Paquetá).
  4. 63' Léo Dubois (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 72' Substitution, FC Porto. Toni Martínez replaces Evanilson.
  6. 74' Otávio (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, FC Porto. Fábio Vieira replaces Mehdi Taremi.
  8. 80' Substitution, FC Porto. Galeno replaces João Mário.
  9. 80' Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Romain Faivre.
  10. 83' Substitution, Lyon. Malo Gusto replaces Léo Dubois.
  11. 88' Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Otávio.
  12. 90'+6' Francisco Conceição (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.