UEFA Europa League

FCSB vs Lyon, 2024-25 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16

· 1st Leg
FCSB
  • 68': Alexandru Baluta
FT
1 - 3
1st Leg
Lyon
  • 30': Nicolás Tagliafico
  • 86': Malick Fofana
  • 89': Malick Fofana

About

FCSB are hosting Lyon at National Arena, Bucharest, Romania, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Mihai Popescu (FCSB).
  • 1': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Malcom Edjouma (FCSB).
  • 3': Rayan Cherki (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Baba Alhassan (FCSB).
  • 6': Corner, FCSB. Conceded by Tanner Tessmann.
  • 8': Attempt missed. David Miculescu (FCSB) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right.
  • 9': Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Mihai Popescu (FCSB).
  • 11': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Adrian Sut (FCSB).
  • 11': Adrian Sut (FCSB) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 12': Offside, Lyon. Nicolás Tagliafico is caught offside.
  • 12': Florin Tanase (FCSB) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 12': Foul by Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon).
  • 13': Offside, FCSB. Juri Cisotti is caught offside.
  • 14': Foul by Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon).
  • 14': Juri Cisotti (FCSB) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Malcom Edjouma (FCSB) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Risto Radunovic with a cross.
  • 19': Corner, FCSB. Conceded by Lucas Perri.
  • 20': Delay in match (Lyon).
  • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Siyabonga Ngezana (FCSB) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom Edjouma with a cross.
  • 23': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Risto Radunovic.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ernest Nuamah.
  • 25': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Siyabonga Ngezana.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moussa Niakhaté following a corner.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  • 30': Goal! FCSB 0, Lyon 1. Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  • 31': Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Malcom Edjouma (FCSB).
  • 34': Attempt missed. Adrian Sut (FCSB) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Baba Alhassan.
  • 35': Offside, FCSB. Florin Tanase is caught offside.
  • 36': David Miculescu (FCSB) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Foul by Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon).
  • 37': Offside, Lyon. Tanner Tessmann is caught offside.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.
  • 42': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Siyabonga Ngezana.
  • 44': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Foul by Malcom Edjouma (FCSB).
  • 45': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Malcom Edjouma (FCSB).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Rayan Cherki (Lyon).
  • 45'+1': Juri Cisotti (FCSB) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Nemanja Matic (Lyon).
  • 45'+3': Malcom Edjouma (FCSB) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, FCSB 0, Lyon 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins FCSB 0, Lyon 1.
  • 45': Substitution, FCSB. Alexandru Baluta replaces Malcom Edjouma.
  • 45': Substitution, FCSB. Andrei Gheorghita replaces Juri Cisotti.
  • 45': Substitution, FCSB. Vlad Chiriches replaces Baba Alhassan.
  • 47': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by David Miculescu (FCSB).
  • 47': David Miculescu (FCSB) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Vlad Chiriches (FCSB) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Miculescu.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Andrei Gheorghita (FCSB) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Baluta.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Adrian Sut (FCSB) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 52': Andrei Gheorghita (FCSB) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Rayan Cherki (Lyon).
  • 52': Foul by Siyabonga Ngezana (FCSB).
  • 52': Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 55': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Risto Radunovic.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.
  • 56': Hand ball by Georges Mikautadze (Lyon).
  • 59': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (FCSB).
  • 59': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Tagliafico.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Risto Radunovic (FCSB) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Florin Tanase.
  • 61': Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Mihai Popescu (FCSB).
  • 63': Attempt missed. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
  • 64': Corner, FCSB. Conceded by Clinton Mata.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Perri.
  • 65': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Stefan Târnovanu.
  • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Stefan Târnovanu (FCSB).
  • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross.
  • 68': Goal! FCSB 1, Lyon 1. Alexandru Baluta (FCSB) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 68': Substitution, Lyon. Malick Fofana replaces Ernest Nuamah.
  • 68': Substitution, Lyon. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Georges Mikautadze.
  • 71': David Miculescu (FCSB) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon).
  • 72': Attempt missed. Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Florin Tanase (FCSB).
  • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 75': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Joyskim Dawa.
  • 76': Substitution, Lyon. Jordan Veretout replaces Tanner Tessmann.
  • 76': Substitution, Lyon. Thiago Almada replaces Nemanja Matic.
  • 77': Substitution, FCSB. Alexandru Musi replaces Florin Tanase.
  • 77': Attempt missed. David Miculescu (FCSB) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrei Gheorghita.
  • 79': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Alexandru Musi (FCSB).
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 82': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Alexandru Musi (FCSB).
  • 85': Foul by Mihai Popescu (FCSB).
  • 85': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Goal! FCSB 1, Lyon 2. Malick Fofana (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  • 88': Corner, FCSB. Conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Joyskim Dawa (FCSB) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Risto Radunovic with a cross.
  • 89': Corner, FCSB. Conceded by Lucas Perri.
  • 89': Goal! FCSB 1, Lyon 3. Malick Fofana (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki following a fast break.
  • 90': Substitution, FCSB. Marius Stefanescu replaces David Miculescu.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Mihai Popescu (FCSB).
  • 90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Lyon. Paul Akouokou replaces Corentin Tolisso.
  • 90'+6': Alexandru Baluta (FCSB) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Thiago Almada (Lyon).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, FCSB 1, Lyon 3.
  • 0': Match ends, FCSB 1, Lyon 3.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 15
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
6 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 1
66.6 Possession 33.4
17 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
566 Accurate Passes 253
639 Passes 315
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 3
11 Crosses 12
0.2 Cross % 0.3
24 Long Balls 47
9 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
7 Blocked Shots 3
7 Effective Tackles 6
12 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
4 Interceptions 15
11 Effective Clearances 19
11 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Attendance: 53,028

Line-Ups

FCSB FCSB (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
32 Stefan Tarnovanu (GK)
5 Joyskim Dawa
30 Siyabonga Ngezana
33 Risto Radunovic
17 Mihai Popescu
18 Malcom Sylas Edjomou
8 Adrian Sut Yellow Card
42 Baba Alhassan
7 Florin Tanase
31 Juri Cisotti
11 David Raul Miculescu Yellow Card
FCSB Substitutes:
Lucas Zima, Andrei Cosmin Gheorghita, Alexandru Musi, Marius Stefanescu, Alexandru Baluta, Mihai Udrea, Vlad Chiriches, Mihai Toma.

LYON Lyon (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Lucas Perri (GK)
19 Moussa Niakhaté
22 Clinton Mata
3 Nicolás Tagliafico
98 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
8 Corentin Tolisso
31 Nemanja Matic
15 Tanner Tessmann
69 Georges Mikautadze
37 Ernest Nuamah
18 Rayan Cherki
Lyon Substitutes:
Thiago Almada, Alexandre Lacazette, Malick Fofana, Warmed Omari, Abner, Duje Caleta-Car, Jordan Veretout, Enzo Molébé, Lassine Diarra, Saël Kumbedi, Paul Akouokou, Rémy Descamps.

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