Olympique Lyonnais News

Christophe Galtier`s side have now lost only one competitive game this season, and they have already qualified for the Europa League last 32. PSG now have 26 points from 13 games in Ligue 1, two ahead of Olympique who have two games in hand in the standings. Olympique Lyonnais will move level on points with Lille if they beat Metz away later on Sunday.

Lyon found themselves down to 10 men when Marcelo was sent off for a second yellow card after stepping onto Bamba`s ankle. Lille stay second on 19 points, two behind PSG who beat Nantes 3-0 away on Saturday, while Lyon remain sixth on 14 points. Meanwhile, Monaco moved up four spots to eighth, on 14 points, after a double by Kevin Volland earned them a 4-0 home win against Girondins de Bordeaux.

Lyon striker Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to ever take part in a CL knockout-round match. The 17-year-old come on as a 73rd minute substitute against Bayern Munich on Thursday, even as Lyon lost 0-3. The youngster has also made 12 senior appearances and scored three goals for Lyon`s senior team in this season prior to Thursday`s game.

Olympique Lyonnais suffered 0-3 defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals Lyon finished seventh in Ligue 1 after it was cut short amid the COVID-19 crisis and will therefore not play in Europe next season Bayern Munich will now lock horns with Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League final

Bayern Munich powered into the Champions League final, where they will face Paris St Germain, as two goals from Serge Gnabry led them to an emphatic 3-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday. Bayern will bid for their sixth European Cup triumph when they come up against Neymar and Kylian Mbappe on Sunday. The Germans are unbeaten in 2020, winning 24 of 25 matches in all competitions and they have won every Champions League game this season.

Olympique Lyonnais stunned pre-tournament favourites Manchester City with a 3-1 victory on Saturday Lyon will now lock horns with Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Champions League It is the first time that two French teams will compete in the semi-finals of the competition

It was the last roar for the competition, which was founded in 1995, as the French Professional Football League (LFP) decided in September to scrap it as of next season until further notice.

The second leg of the last-16 tie between Juventus and Lyon will be played on March 18. 

Moussa Dembele helped Olympique Lyonnais gear up for their Champions League clash against Juventus with a goal and an assist as his scoring form continued in a 2-0 Ligue 1 win at Metz who finished with 10 men on Friday.

Olympique Lyonnais` stuttering start to the Ligue 1 season continued when they conceded a last-gasp equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Amiens on Friday ahead of their Champions League debut.

Having lost 1-0 to Montpellier last time out, Lyon went in front in the first half through Memphis Depay -- the Dutchman`s fourth goal of the season.

Lemina, who joined Saints in August 2017, was left out of the club`s pre-season tour and has not featured at the start of the Premier League campaign after expressing his desire for a transfer.

While Ronaldo, a three-time winner, has been ever-present in the final three since the award was created in 2011, centre back Van Dijk makes his first appearance after helping Liverpool win the Champions League title last season.

Monaco continued where they left off last term when they finished 17th in the 20-team table, three points clear of relegation.

Dembele scored five minutes from time after Bordeaux`s Vukasin Jovanovic was sent off for abusing a linesman in the 73rd, to put OL on 62 points from 34 games, with fourth-placed St Etienne six points behind before hosting Toulouse on Sunday.

Memphis Depay and Martin Terrier found the back of the net in the first half to put Lyon on 59 points from 33 matches.

Lyon are on 56 points with six games left, six ahead of fourth-placed St Etienne in the Ligue 1 standings. 

Olympique de Marseille, who have not won at Bordeaux in the elite since 1977, lie fifth in the Ligue 1 standings on 48 points from 31 games.

Coutinho, who arrived from Liverpool in January 2018, has so far shown little to suggest he will be able to compensate for the Frenchman's absence against Lyon.

Mercurial striker Balotelli held off Loic Perrin and twisted his body to volley the ball home from a corner in the 12th minute.