Lyon shares the points with “Fener”

No winner Thursday between Fenerbahçe and Lyon (0-0) who faced each other as part of the 7th day of the Europa League

At least Olympique Lyonnais did not lose. This is perhaps one of the thoughts that came to Pierre Sage's mind at the final whistle of the match on the seventh day of the Europa League played by his team on the Fenerbahçe pitch (0-0) . In Türkiye, Les Gones had control of the game and the opportunity to win. In vain. However, they temporarily climb to third place in the ranking.

After a setback at Brest and a draw at Toulouse in the league, but also a pitiful exit in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France against Bourgoin-Jallieu, OL hoped to find some color on Thursday in Istanbul. If they did not particularly shine, Alexandre Lacazette's partners had the merit of trying and putting pressure, especially in the second half, on a very pale “Fener” team.

Fofana is out injured

Twenty-second at kick-off, the Turkish club showed that it was not a flash of war, despite a fiery atmosphere set by its supporters. Lyon scored three times as many shots as their host of the day, without it succeeding. Ultimately, there is little to remember from this meeting, except the big blow with the exit due to injury of Malick Fofana, injured in a hip and left just before the break (43rd).

There was also this goal logically refused to En-Nesyri on the Turkish side for a handball (55th). The final goalless result (0-0) in any case allows OL to climb to third place in the standings. One day before the end of the league phase of this Europa League, Lyon has its destiny in hand to try to finish in the first eight which will be directly qualified for the eighth. To do this, we will need to achieve a good result at Groupama Stadium on January 30, against Ludogorets.