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“Lyon” ended up in the same group of the Champions League with “Zenith”, “Leipzig” and “Benfica”, not being considered the original main favorite for access to the playoffs. As a result, the “weavers” fought a fierce struggle for the second line up to the last round – a 2: 2 draw with “Leipzig” allowed them to get ahead of Benfica and Zenit by one point. In the championship of France is not successful – after 26 rounds, the team of Rudi Garcia takes only seventh place in the table. “Weavers” are four points behind the Europa League zone, and the third “Lille” has already come off by six points. In the last round, Lyon defeated the Mets 2-0, thus obtaining the first victory in the last five matches of the championship.
Juventus, unlike its current rival, had no problems in the group – Atletico, Bayer and Lokomotiv did not show adequate resistance to Maurizio Sarri’s team. “Old Signora” came first to the finish line with 16 points in the asset, ahead of the second “Atletico” by six points, gaining five wins in six rounds. In Serie A, things are not going so smoothly for Juventus – despite the fact that he is the leader of the championship, he still cannot afford to relax. The second “Lazio” is only one point behind, and Inter has six points less and he has not played his match in the 25th round. In the last meeting, Juventus easily dealt with SPAL, beating the opponent 2: 1 on his field.
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Match has finished, final score 1:0, Lyon win!
Cristiano Ronaldo tries to get on the end of a cross in a crowded box, but under pressure his header from near the penalty spot slips well wide of the right post.
Aaron Ramsey delivers a long ball, but it lacks enough power to reach his teammates and is intercepted by one of the defenders.
Gooal! No wait, it’s been ruled out for offside. Paulo Dybala disagrees, but the linesman is sure about his call.
Cristiano Ronaldo goes down in the box after a challenge from the defender. Possibly unsighted, the referee just waves play on.
Maxwel Cornet requires medical treatment, so the referee stops play and signals for the physio to come onto the pitch.
Leo Dubois is clearly asking for some medical attention with his painful gestures. The extent of his injury is yet to be discovered.
Moussa Dembele fails to beat the offside trap and the linesman puts his flag up.
Maxwel Cornet awarded yellow card.
The resulting set piece from Paulo Dybala is successfully intercepted by the defender.
Houssem Aouar takes a short corner kick.
Danilo clearly holds his opponent to prevent him from getting the ball and the referee immediately stops play.
Whistle, second half starting right now.
First half has finished, halftime.
Karl Toko Ekambi evades challenges and shoots from the edge of the box. It’s a good effort, but flies just over the bar.
Lyon quickly take a corner kick with a short pass.
That looked a certain handball by Juan Cuadrado inside the box, but the ref wasn’t having it and just played on. NO penalty!
Goal! Lucas Tousart managed to slot the ball past the keeper!
Matthijs de Ligt is being forced to leave the pitch in order to receive medical treatment and his team will play with a man short for a few minutes.
Marcelo receives yellow card.
Leo Dubois lifts the ball into the box from the corner, but one of the defending players gets there first to head it clear.
Leo Dubois strikes the ball towards goal, but it fails to reach the target after being well blocked by one of the defenders.
Miralem Pjanic decides to speed play up with a short corner kick.
Looks like Maxwel Cornet is struggling after picking up a knock. Hopefully he can run it off.
Adrien Rabiot slides a pass forward, but one of the defenders cuts it out.
First half starting right now.
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