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  • Gilardino 45’

Lyon

  • Makoun 15’
  • Benzema 27’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fiorentina
    • Lyon
    • 90+5 There's the final whistle, Lyon are through after a very good win at Fiorentina, who can now only hope for a UEFA Cup berth.
    • 90+4 A high ball breaks to Jovetic who is free on the left-hand side of the box but he thrashes the finish wide! Another great chance for the hosts and that is surely the end of their Champions League dream!
    • 90+3 Good keeping by Lloris to fly out and claim a high ball.
    • 90+2 Cris enters the book for Lyon.
    • 90+1 Harsh booking for Mutu for backing into a Lyon defender.
    • 89' LYON SUB: iquionne on for man-of-the-match Benzema.
    • 85' LYON HIT THE BAR! Juninho with a spectacular volley after Kuzmanovic made a mess of a clearance. Brilliant effort.
    • 83' Fiorentina are camped just outside the Lyon box at the moment as another high ball comes in and is dealt with by Boumsong and Cris.
    • 78' Osvaldo gets the ball on the left, he digs out a good cross AND GILARDINO WITH THE HEADER BUT IT BOUNCES JUST WIDE! Another chance for La Viola.
    • 76' Boumsong with an interception and he launches a counter attack but out for a throw on the left wing. Govou almost gets in but Dainelli gets ahead of him and brings it away.
    • 75' Zauri booked for a foul.
    • 74' Almost a spectacular goal from Govou, who volleys a long ball from Keita but it hits the side-netting.
    • 72' Good pressure from Fiorentina as they try to force their way back into this match.
    • 70' Keita is in on the right and he must score but drills it low at Frey who makes a good stop! Corner.
    • 67' Fiorentina hit the post again! A goalmouth scramble sees a shot driven low by Kuzmanovic, it takes a deflection and comes off Lloris before bouncing off the post and away! Boumsong clears!
    • 64' Lyon come forward, Benzema on the left slips it wide to Grosso but a poor cross flies out for a goal kick. Hang on, what has the ref given? A corner. That's odd, didn't seem to take a touch off a purple shirt.
    • 58' Benzema is having a laugh at the moment, nutmegging Fiorentina defenders and creating impossible angles for shots, just because he can.
    • 55' Benzema gets the ball through the middle, he beats one man, glides past another, he could go all the way but a great saving challenge foils him! Benzema with a Zidane-style pick up and turn into the corner.
    • 54' Long ball from the Fiorentina defence, Gilardino with his back to goal chests it down AND MUTU IS IN BUT HIS LOW DRIVE GOES WIDE! Fiorentina hunting for the equaliser and go close again!
    • 53' Montolivio thrashes it low at goal but blocked again by Lloris.
    • 51' Kuzamnovic gets the ball on the edge of the box and lashes a shot that Lloris does well to bat away!
    • 49' LYON HIT THE BAR! Juninho with an effort from 30 yards that crashes down off the angle of post and bar and bounces safely for Frey.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Half-time, Lyon lead 2-1 but Fiorentina right back in this. Remember, they really have to win.
    • 45' FIORENTINA PULL ONE BACK! The cross from Santana on the right is powered into the top left by an unmarked Gilardino. Game on!
    • 39' Good play by Lyon, neat passing and they take it into the left before going back in to Benzema, whose touch is quality as he dictates things from the front.
    • 36' Montolivio has a chance on the edge of the box but he sends it into the side-netting. I think the flag was up anyway.
    • 34' Lyon are in again through Govou on the right but his cross to Keita is blocked behind for a corner.
    • 30' Mensah heads Montolivio in the head but both are ok to continue.
    • 26' LYON DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! BENZEMA! He was played through by Tiago after Kuzmanovic dilly-dallied on halfway but still had it all to do, ran forward and drilled a low shot into the bottom left that left Frey floundering! Hammer-blow for Fiorentina!
    • 23' LYON HIT THE WOODWORK! Govou with a shot from the edge of the box that beats Frey and comes back off the post!
    • 21' A good move by Fiorentina, great counter attack that sees Santana down the right drill a cross to Mutu who plays a clever backheel to KUZMANOVIC WHO MUST SCORE BUT HE SPOONS THE SHOT MILES WIDE! Embarassing effort by Kuzmanovic, who almost hit the corner flag when he should have scored.
    • 18' BAD MISS BY BENZEMA! Another excellent Lyon break sees Govou played in on the left, he knocks it back to Benzema on the edge of the box but his low, placed finish with the inside of his right foot goes just wide! He should have made Frey work there.
    • 14' LYON TAKE THE LEAD! Makoun rifles the ball into the back of the net after Govou's shot is blocked into Keita's path, his drive falls to Benzema on the left and he finds Makoun unmarked with an easy finish. Fiorentina on the rack as they HAVE to win!
    • 11' This is a pretty open game, although Lyon just need a draw to make sure of their qualification.
    • 9' Wonderful sliding tackle in the box by Mensah, Montolivio hurls himself to the floor theatrically but obviously not a penalty.
    • 8' Govou on the left, he cuts inside and shoots and Frey is forced to parry clear!
    • 6' Kuzmanovic gets the ball on the edge of the box and he hammers in a low drive at the near post that forces a smart save from Lloris, corner.
    • 3' Great play by Montolivio and Mutu on the left but intercepted by Cris and Lyon clear.
    • 1' Match underway in Florence!
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Fiorentina against Lyon in Group F of the Champions League, a group Fiorentina can still make it out of but only if they win their last two matches!

  • Team Stats

    Fiorentina Stats Lyon
    51% Possession 48%
    20 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 0
    10 Corners 5
    16 Fouls 10
    4 Offsides 7
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 27
    284 Accurate passes 264
    61 Bad passes 75

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Fiorentina
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastien Frey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 2 0
      6 Juan Vargas 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 21 12 1
      14 Luciano Zauri 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25 2 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 28 0 3
      88 Felipe Melo 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 44 9 3
      24 Mario Santana 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 0 0
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 32 3 0
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 40 13 6
      11 Alberto Gilardino 1 5 1 1 1 3 0 13 1 0
      10 Adrian Mutu 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 21 10 0
      9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
      30 Sergio Almiron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Stevan Jovetic 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 0
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Per Kroldrup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      19 Massimo Gobbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Marco Storari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Lyon
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Hugo Lloris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
      3 Cris Márques Gómes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1
      11 Fabio Grosso 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 17 4
      15 John Mensah 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21 0 4
      4 Jean-Alain Boumsong 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 0
      28 Jérémy Toulalan 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 35 6 5
      8 Juninho Pernambucano 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 38 9 5
      17 Jean Makoun 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 8 3
      14 Sidney Govou 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 24 11 1
      10 Karim Benzema 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 41 12 0
      23 Abdul Kader Keita 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 17 2 2
      9 Frederico Chaves Guedes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Frederic Piquionne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Honorato Campos Ederson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2
      32 Lamine Gassama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Kim Källström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Remy Vercoutre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Anthony Mounier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+4 A high ball breaks to Jovetic who is free on the left-hand side of the box but he thrashes the finish wide! Another great chance for the hosts and that is surely the end of their Champions League dream!
    • 85' LYON HIT THE BAR! Juninho with a spectacular volley after Kuzmanovic made a mess of a clearance. Brilliant effort.
    • 78' Osvaldo gets the ball on the left, he digs out a good cross AND GILARDINO WITH THE HEADER BUT IT BOUNCES JUST WIDE! Another chance for La Viola.
    • 74' Almost a spectacular goal from Govou, who volleys a long ball from Keita but it hits the side-netting.
    • 70' Keita is in on the right and he must score but drills it low at Frey who makes a good stop! Corner.
    • 67' Fiorentina hit the post again! A goalmouth scramble sees a shot driven low by Kuzmanovic, it takes a deflection and comes off Lloris before bouncing off the post and away! Boumsong clears!
    • 55' Benzema gets the ball through the middle, he beats one man, glides past another, he could go all the way but a great saving challenge foils him! Benzema with a Zidane-style pick up and turn into the corner.
    • 54' Long ball from the Fiorentina defence, Gilardino with his back to goal chests it down AND MUTU IS IN BUT HIS LOW DRIVE GOES WIDE! Fiorentina hunting for the equaliser and go close again!
    • 53' Montolivio thrashes it low at goal but blocked again by Lloris.
    • 51' Kuzamnovic gets the ball on the edge of the box and lashes a shot that Lloris does well to bat away!
    • 49' LYON HIT THE BAR! Juninho with an effort from 30 yards that crashes down off the angle of post and bar and bounces safely for Frey.
    • 45' FIORENTINA PULL ONE BACK! The cross from Santana on the right is powered into the top left by an unmarked Gilardino. Game on!
    • 26' LYON DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! BENZEMA! He was played through by Tiago after Kuzmanovic dilly-dallied on halfway but still had it all to do, ran forward and drilled a low shot into the bottom left that left Frey floundering! Hammer-blow for Fiorentina!
    • 23' LYON HIT THE WOODWORK! Govou with a shot from the edge of the box that beats Frey and comes back off the post!
    • 21' A good move by Fiorentina, great counter attack that sees Santana down the right drill a cross to Mutu who plays a clever backheel to KUZMANOVIC WHO MUST SCORE BUT HE SPOONS THE SHOT MILES WIDE! Embarassing effort by Kuzmanovic, who almost hit the corner flag when he should have scored.
    • 18' BAD MISS BY BENZEMA! Another excellent Lyon break sees Govou played in on the left, he knocks it back to Benzema on the edge of the box but his low, placed finish with the inside of his right foot goes just wide! He should have made Frey work there.
    • 14' LYON TAKE THE LEAD! Makoun rifles the ball into the back of the net after Govou's shot is blocked into Keita's path, his drive falls to Benzema on the left and he finds Makoun unmarked with an easy finish. Fiorentina on the rack as they HAVE to win!
    • 8' Govou on the left, he cuts inside and shoots and Frey is forced to parry clear!
    • 6' Kuzmanovic gets the ball on the edge of the box and he hammers in a low drive at the near post that forces a smart save from Lloris, corner.
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Fiorentina against Lyon in Group F of the Champions League, a group Fiorentina can still make it out of but only if they win their last two matches!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Viktor Kassai

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Starting line-up

    • S. Frey
    • L. Zauri Yellow Card
    • D. Dainelli Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • A. Gamberini
    • J. Vargas
    • F. Melo Substitution Out (78′)
    • Z. Kuzmanovic
    • R. Montolivo
    • M. Santana Substitution Out (54′)
    • A. Mutu Yellow Card
    • A. Gilardino Goal

    Subs

    • 19. M. Gobbi
    • 2. P. Kroldrup Substitution In46′
    • 30. A. Sergio Bernardo
    • 13. M. Storari
    • 29. G. Pazzini
    • 9. P. Osvaldo Substitution In78′
    • 8. S. Jovetic Substitution In54′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Lyon

    Manager: Claude Puel

    Starting line-up

    • H. Lloris
    • J. Mensah
    • M. Cris Yellow Card
    • J. Boumsong
    • F. Grosso
    • J. Toulalan
    • J. Makoun Goal
    • P. Juninho Yellow Card
    • S. Govou
    • K. Keita Substitution Out (80′)
    • K. Benzema Goal Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • F. Piquionne Substitution In90′
    • R. Vercoutre
    • K. Källström
    • H. Ederson Substitution In80′
    • C. Fred
    • A. Mounier
    • L. Gassama

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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