FC Porto vs Lyon 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16

FC Porto

FT
0 - 1
1st Leg

Lyon

59': Lucas Paquetá

VAR rescues Lyon three times in Europa last-16 win at Porto

Lyon had Lucas Paqueta and VAR to thank after they beat Porto 1-0 in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
45': Substitution, FC Porto. Rúben Semedo replaces Pepe because of an injury.
59': Goal! FC Porto 0, Lyon 1. Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Dembele.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
60': VAR Decision: Goal FC Porto 0-1 Lyon (Lucas Paquetá).
63': Léo Dubois (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
72': Substitution, FC Porto. Toni Martínez replaces Evanilson.
74': Otávio (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, FC Porto. Fábio Vieira replaces Mehdi Taremi.
80': Substitution, FC Porto. Galeno replaces João Mário.
80': Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Romain Faivre.
83': Substitution, Lyon. Malo Gusto replaces Léo Dubois.
88': Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Otávio.
90'+6': Francisco Conceição (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
90'+8': Second Half ends, FC Porto 0, Lyon 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Estádio do Dragão
Location: Porto, Portugal
Attendance: 26,309

Statistics

LYON		POR
10	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	8
6	Saves	2
48.5	Possession	51.5
12	SHOTS	16
3	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
342	Accurate Passes	366
420	Passes	446
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	2
12	Crosses	18
0.3	Cross %	0.1
65	Long Balls	43
40	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	4
19	Effective Tackles	15
24	Tackles	30
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
12	Interceptions	14
29	Effective Clearances	14
29	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

FC Porto (4-4-2)

No.	Name
99	Diogo Costa (GK)
3	Pepe
19	Chancel Mbemba
12	Zaidu Sanusi
23	João Mário
8	Mateus Uribe
20	Vitinha
11	Pepê
25	Otávio
9	Mehdi Taremi
30	Evanilson

Substitutes:

Francisco Conceição, Bruno Costa, Rúben Semedo, Gonçalo Borges, Fabio Vieira, Toni Martínez, Fábio Cardoso, Agustín Marchesín, Stephen Eustáquio, Galeno, Marko Grujic, Cláudio Ramos.

Lyon (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Anthony Lopes (GK)
4	Castello Lukeba
23	Thiago Mendes
3	Emerson
14	Léo Dubois
10	Lucas Paquetá
28	Tanguy Ndombele
25	Maxence Caqueret
9	Moussa Dembélé
7	Karl Toko Ekambi
15	Romain Faivre

Substitutes:

Henrique, Habib Keita, Malo Gusto, Tino Kadewere, Jeff Reine-Adélaide, Julian Pollersbeck, Damien Da Silva, Bradley Barcola, Kayne Bonnevie, Houssem Aouar, Jason Denayer.