Lyon e Celta de Vigo faced each other on the afternoon of this Thursday (19) in the Groupama Stadiumalready Francefor the second leg of the round of 16 of the Uefa Europa League. In the first game, in Spain, the French club managed a 1-1 draw at the end, with a goal from the Brazilian striker. Endrick. In this round game, with practically the entire game with one less, Lyon lost 2-0 and said goodbye to the Europa League.
How it looks
Now Lyon focuses entirely on Ligue 1, the French Championship. You Les Gones they were also eliminated from the French Cup. On the other hand, Celta de Vigo faces Freiburg in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, but first turns its focus to La Liga, the Spanish Championship. Next Sunday (22), the Celtic Celestials face Alavés.
The game
First half
The first chance of the match came from the Brazilian’s feet. At 13, the attacker advanced on the right side and lifted the ball into the area. Yaremchuk stretched, but ended up drilling the ball. Afterwards, Yaremchuk again received the ball at the edge of the area and shot. The ball exploded off the post. However, the referee stopped the game and ruled the play offside.
At 18, Moussa Niakhaté’s defender was sent off after a harsh foul on Javier Rueda. After that, the match changed hands and Celta started to attack. The best chance for the Spanish team in the first 45 minutes came from the feet of midfielder Williet Swedberg. He shot first after a great play by Sergio Carreira. Goalkeeper Dominik Greif saved Lyon.
Second half
After half-time, coach Paulo Fonseca changed the . The striker started the game acting as second striker on the right side. Then, with Niakhaté’s expulsion, he started to play on the right flank as a winger, also helping with marking. With Yaremchuk’s departure, the Brazilian became more centralized.
At 15, the Spanish club’s goal. Hugo Álvarez exchanged passes with Carreira on the left side of the attack and played the ball into the middle of the area. Jutglà missed the shot, but Rueda appeared free to finish for the goal. Shortly afterwards, Endrick was substituted and made way for midfielder Pavel Sulc.
During the second stage, the French team tried to apply pressure with one less, but Celta managed to hold on and took their place in the quarter-finals. And in stoppage time, the score increased. Ferran Jutglà took advantage of Lyon’s advanced defense, advanced freely and shot past goalkeeper Greif to extend the goal.
