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Lyon

  • Juninho Pernambucano 44’
  • Réveillère 89’

Steaua Bucharest

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Lyon
    • Steaua Bucharest
    • FT And there is the final whistle - Lyon now have eight points and look in great shape to qualify.
    • 89' Lyon seal the points with a late second. Juninho plays a ball in behind the defence for substitute Kim Kallstrom and the Swede checks inside before firing a fine shot into the net. Game over. Some great play in the build-up with Toulalan getting the move going.
    • 82' Both sides have made changes but nothing changing in the game. Steaua still in this game and Lyon remain vulnerable but it is not like they are hanging on or anything. Chances at a premium.
    • 73' Lyon are not very impressive here but Bayern have just levelled against Fiorentina which helps them as you figure the Italians (who have only two points) to be their main rivals for second place.
    • 68' Ogararu with a free for Steaua to the left and about 30 yards out. He fires a good shot - it deflects off the wall - and goes JUST wide of the target.
    • 60' Steaua almost find a way back into the game - a lovely counter attack move sees the ball played back to Gomes on the edge of the area but he fires straight at Lloris when a shot either side could have led to a goal.
    • 53' Good header from Ederson and it is cleared off the line by Marin.
    • 48' Lyon with a decent penalty shout. A free was put into the box from Juninho and it looked like Makoun might have been held back there.
    • 46' And we are back underway...
    • HT And there is the half-time whistle.
    • 44' GOAL FOR LYON - Juninho with a free-kick from all of 35-yards - it might have just flicked Cris's head too but it was still quite straight and Zapata really should have saved it.
    • 39' Three bookings in the match so Stancu and Kapetanos for the Romanians and Cris for Lyon.
    • 35' The pace of the match has dropped in the last few minutes and Steaua have settled into the match a bit now.
    • 28' Lyon have dominated possession and have had a few corner but they still have not found the breakthrough.
    • 24' All Lyon now and they nearly found the break through after great passing down the right found Reveillere free inside the box and only a late challenge for a Steaua defender blocked his shot wide.
    • 16' Best chance of the match so far. Benzema finds himself some space in the box and shoots but Zapata gets down to his right to save.
    • 15' Lyon struggling to get their passing together but they should have no problem seeing each other in their glow-in-the-dark shirts.
    • 12' Lyon having most of the play here but not creating too many chances.
    • 8' Half a chance for Steaua on the counter - a long ball finds the head of Nicolita - he gets his header on target but Lloris gets down to save.
    • 3' Juninho tries his luck from distance early on but the shot goes wide. Bright start from the hosts.
    • 1' And we are underway.
    • - Welcome to France where Lyon can move ever closer to the knockout stage of the Championship League with a win over Steaua. With five points already the French Champions will be in great shape with a win tonight. Steaua have just once point.

  • Team Stats

    Lyon Stats Steaua Bucharest
    50% Possession 49%
    12 Shots 10
    4 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 2
    5 Corners 0
    17 Fouls 23
    3 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 27
    308 Accurate passes 301
    74 Bad passes 53

  • 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
    • Lyon
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Hugo Lloris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0
      3 Cris Márques Gómes 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 33 3 1
      11 Fabio Grosso 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 20 2
      20 Anthony Reveillere 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 34 1 3
      4 Jean-Alain Boumsong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 1
      28 Jérémy Toulalan 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 47 6 3
      17 Jean Makoun 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 31 5 2
      8 Juninho Pernambucano 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 27 5 4
      7 Honorato Campos Ederson 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 18 11 4
      23 Abdul Kader Keita 0 1 0 3 6 0 0 24 3 3
      10 Karim Benzema 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 15 4 2
      19 César Delgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1
      39 Frederic Piquionne 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
      9 Frederico Chaves Guedes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Sebastien Faure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Kim Källström 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0
      32 Lamine Gassama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Remy Vercoutre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Steaua Bucharest
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robinson Zapata 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
      24 Sorin Ghionea 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 3 2
      18 Petre Marin 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 32 15 4
      6 Mirel Matei Radoi 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 36 5 5
      2 George Ogararu 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 1 5
      3 Dorin Goian 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 45 5 3
      16 Banel Nicolita 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 17 3 3
      30 Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes 0 3 1 2 7 0 0 33 9 2
      7 János Székely 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0
      35 Pantelis Kapetanos 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 13 1 0
      28 Bogdan Stancu 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 4 1
      10 Dayro Moreno 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 3 1
      20 Florin Lovin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 António Semedo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 1
      17 Eugen Baciu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Pawel Golanski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Cornel Cernea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Lyon seal the points with a late second. Juninho plays a ball in behind the defence for substitute Kim Kallstrom and the Swede checks inside before firing a fine shot into the net. Game over. Some great play in the build-up with Toulalan getting the move going.
    • 68' Ogararu with a free for Steaua to the left and about 30 yards out. He fires a good shot - it deflects off the wall - and goes JUST wide of the target.
    • 60' Steaua almost find a way back into the game - a lovely counter attack move sees the ball played back to Gomes on the edge of the area but he fires straight at Lloris when a shot either side could have led to a goal.
    • 53' Good header from Ederson and it is cleared off the line by Marin.
    • 44' GOAL FOR LYON - Juninho with a free-kick from all of 35-yards - it might have just flicked Cris's head too but it was still quite straight and Zapata really should have saved it.
    • 24' All Lyon now and they nearly found the break through after great passing down the right found Reveillere free inside the box and only a late challenge for a Steaua defender blocked his shot wide.
    • 16' Best chance of the match so far. Benzema finds himself some space in the box and shoots but Zapata gets down to his right to save.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Lyon

    Manager: Claude Puel

    Starting line-up

    • H. Lloris
    • A. Réveillère Goal
    • M. Cris
    • J. Boumsong
    • F. Grosso
    • J. Toulalan
    • J. Makoun
    • P. Juninho
    • K. Keita
    • H. Ederson
    • K. Benzema Substitution Out (83′)

    Subs

    • F. Piquionne Substitution In83′
    • R. Vercoutre
    • K. Källström Substitution In70′
    • C. Delgado Substitution In70′
    • C. Fred
    • L. Gassama
    • S. Faure

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Steaua Bucharest

    Manager: Dorinel Munteanu

    Starting line-up

    • R. Zapata
    • G. Ogararu
    • D. Goian Yellow Card
    • S. Ghionea
    • P. Marin
    • M. Radoi
    • F. Tiago Gomes
    • B. Nicolita
    • S. Stancu
    • J. Szekely Substitution Out (45′)
    • P. Kapetanos Yellow Card

    Subs

    • F. Lovin
    • A. Bernhardt
    • C. Cernea
    • E. Baciu
    • P. Golanski
    • D. Moreno Substitution In59′
    • A. Semedo Substitution In45′ Substitution Out81′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None