published: thursday 3 april 2014, 23.10cet olympique lyonnais 0-1 juventus
leonardo bonucci struck five minutes from time to earn juve a narrow first-leg lead and take them a step closer to a home final.
juventus had to be patient before securing a 1-0 first-leg victory at olympique lyonnais, leonardo bonucci ultimately ending the home side's resistance in a tense uefa europa league quarter-final joust.
missing almost half of their regular lineup through injury, lyon showed plenty of courage and combativeness to match their rivals in a cagey first half – but it was a different story after the break. juve ratcheted up the pressure and finally found the net on 85 minutes via centre-back bonucci, leaving them well-placed to reach the last four in turin next thursday.
relishing the return of big european nights to the stade de gerland, the hosts set out determined to climb the "mountain" coach rémi garde described in yesterday's press conference. the obstacle in their path has now taken on mont blanc proportions, and a bianconeri team dreaming of gracing this year's showpiece in their own stadium could have taken the lead much earlier had carlos tévez nodded on target after six minutes.
lyon grew in confidence after that nervy start and inched ever closer to gianluigi buffon's goal. with 26 minutes gone, they displayed an attacking thrust of their own, steed malbranque forcing buffon to save at his near post. from the resulting corner, jimmy briand prodded over after bakary koné had headed the ball back into the box.
the flurry of openings continued as tévez raced clear onto a long ball, only for anthony lopes to rush off his line and deny the argentina forward. with antonio conte's men lacking their usual poise and precision, that was as good as it got for the serie a leaders in a tight first period, and les gones began the second sensing an opportunity to record a memorable result.
desire did not translate neatly into chances, however, and after samuel umtiti had sent buffon sprawling left to parry an off-target free-kick, tévez tested lopes at the other end. ıt was the no10's final contribution as he then hobbled off injured, but lyon's goalkeeper had to be alert to keep out a swirling andrea pirlo set piece before umtiti applied a crucial block as pablo osvaldo pulled the trigger.
the tide was turning again, and lively substitute sebastian giovinco unleashed havoc with a surge into the area that ended with a kwadwo asamoah effort deflecting wide. shortly afterwards, giorgio chiellini poked the ball wide and lopes did well to thwart mauricio ısla. lyon showed glimpses of defiance on the counter, but bonucci had the final word, lashing a shot high into the net after ol had failed to clear a corner.
yardımcı hakemler: martin cryans (sco), william conquer (sco)
4. hakem: gavin harris (sco)
çizgi hakemleri: bobby madden (sco), john beaton (sco)
lyon: anthony lopes (gk), henri bedimo, bakary koné, alexandre lacazette (dk. 74 bafétimbi gomis), jordan ferri, steed malbranque (dk. 85 nabil fekir), jimmy briand (dk. 89 clinton njié), maxime gonalons (c), samuel umtiti, arnold mvuemba, corentin tolisso
yedekler: rémy vercoutre (gk), mehdi zeffane, mahamadou-naby sarr, gaël danic
teknik direktör: rémi garde (fra)
juventus: gianluigi buffon (gk) (c), giorgio chiellini, martín cáceres, paul pogba, claudio marchisio, carlos tévez (dk. 55 mirko vučinić), pablo osvaldo (dk. 61 sebastian giovinco), leonardo bonucci, andrea pirlo, kwadwo asamoah, mauricio isla (dk. 77 stephan lichtsteiner)
yedekler: marco storari (gk), federico peluso, fernando llorente, simone padoin
teknik direktör: antonio conte (ita)
goller: (0-1) dk. 85 leonardo bonucci
sarı kartlar: dk. 42 corentin tolisso, dk. 68 anthony lopes (gk) (lyon) dk. 68 sebastian giovinco, dk. 90+2 mirko vučinić (juventus)
italya şampiyonu juventus, fransa'nın güçlü ekiplerinden olympique lyon karşısında avantajlı bir skor elde etmek için sahaya çıktı.
maçın ilk yarısı juventus'un daha üstün olduğu bir süre oldu, ancak italyan devi tevez ve pirlo ile yakaldığı iki altın fırsatı değerlendiremedi. lyon ise 27. dakikada jimmy briand ile gole çok yaklaştı ancak karşı karşıya pozisyonda buffon gole izin vermedi. ilk yarı golsüz sona erdi.
ikinci yarıda juventus çok daha derli toplu ve atak bir görüntü çizdi. tevez ile rakip kalede pozisyon üstüne pozisyon bulan ve lyon'u bunaltan torino temsilcisi, 55. dakikada tevez sakatlandı ve yerini vucinic'e bırakmak zorunda kaldı. bu dakikadan sonra oyun yeniden kısır döngüye girdi.
ikinci yarıda top sıklıkla orta sahada kaldı. orta saha mücadelelerinin domine ettiği karşılaşmada skor ise 85. dakikada değişti.
pirlo'nun kornerinde top leonardo bonucci'nin önünde kaldı. tecrübeli oyuncu da altıpasın hemen dışından sert bir şutla topu ağlara yolladı!
juventus, deplasmanda ettiği bu galibiyetle torino'ya avantajlı döndü. lyon ise tur şansını zora soktu.
