What a waste! Totally superior to their opponent of the evening, Lyon failed to make a difference at home against Besiktas and ended up paying dearly with their first defeat of the season in the Europa League (0-1) for this third matchday. Winners of Olympiakos (2-0) and Glasgow Rangers (4-1), Pierre Sage’s men had a triple in their sights but suffered from a terrible lack of realism in front of goal.
However, <a href="http://www.time.news/what-is-this-fucking-var-for-antoine-kombouare-furious-with-the-referees-during-nantes-ol/" title="“What is this fucking VAR for? »: Antoine Kombouaré furious with the referees during Nantes-OL”>Alexandre Lacazette shook the net in the 24th minute of the game with a sublime collective action initiated by Rayan Cherki, but VAR otherwise decided to find an offside of a few centimeters near Corentin Tolisso. Rebelote a minute later when the video assist rejects a penalty previously awarded to Lacazette himself.
One counter and that’s it
But if that were all… The people of Lyon have only themselves to blame. In turn, Ainsley Maitland-Niles (37th), Saïd Benrahma twice wide then onto the crossbar (52nd, 55th) and Alexandre Lacazette (54th) were unable to find an outlet on Ersin Destanoglu, replacement for the Turkish goalkeeper who played his first game of the season. Result, 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 monumental occasion for Wilfried Zaha in the added time.
A defeat that ends a complicated evening for the French clubs in the Europa League. Previously, Nice had been beaten by Hungarians Ferencvaros (1-0) and finds themselves in 33rd place with just one point from three games. Away from Lyon, 10th with 6 points. Even further from the top 8.
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