A 3-1 defeat at home against Juventus in their last fixture put Group H's first place out of reach for Sevilla FC and they will miss out on second position if Olympique Lyonnais beat them by two goals or more.• Lyon gave themselves that opportunity with a 1-0 win at GNK Dinamo Zagreb, secured by Alexandre Lacazette's 72nd-minute goal. • The fixture on 27 September – the first competitive encounter between the teams – went Sevilla's way thanks to Wissam Ben Yedder's second-half goal. It was only their second victory in six encounters with Ligue 1 opponents.Previous meetingsUEFA.com - News
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City, Lyon, Barcelona, Rosengård, Fortuna in last eight
Brøndby 1-1 Manchester City (agg: 1-2) Manchester City will take their debut campaign into the quarter-finals as they made full use of their 1-0 home win. After a tight first half, City picked up the pace and on 65 minutes Toni Duggan got their away goal with a superb shot on the turn. Nanna Christiansen immediately equalised on the night but the three-time semi-finalists remained two goals short.Zürich 0-9 Lyon (agg: 0-17)The holders went one better than their first-leg win and now have 74 goals in 11 competitive matches this season. Camille Abily scored twice before half-time and substitute Claire Lavogez matched her ... UEFA.com - News
Lyon and Bayern rack up goals, Fortuna win away
Lyon 8-0 Zürich Holders Lyon had scored 21 goals in their three previous fixtures at the Stade de Lyon, and they managed to up that average after a stellar display. Eugénie Le Sommer opened the scoring with her first of two goals and 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Ada Hegerberg hit a 12-minute hat-trick as Lyon established a 6-0 lead at the break, before mustering two late goals to leave the second leg in even less doubt.Bayern München 4-0 Rossiyanka Bayern will fancy their chances of progressing beyond the round of 16 for the first time after establishing a healthy first-leg lead against their Russian rivals. Lisa Evans got t... UEFA.com - News
Juventus can seal qualification with Lyon repeat win
One more victory will put Juventus through to the knockout rounds and, after beating Olympique Lyonnais through Juan Cuadrado's goal on matchday three, they will be confident of completing the job.• Gianluigi Buffon saved a penalty from Alexandre Lacazette and continued to keep the home team at bay even after Juve had lost Mario Lemina to a second yellow card. Previous meetings• Juventus won home and away when the sides met in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League quarter-final.• Samuel Umtiti's own goal gave Juve a 2-1 second-leg win in Turin (and 3-1 success overall) after Jimmy B... UEFA.com - News
City impress as Lyon, Wolfsburg, Bayern sail through
Holders Lyon, Wolfsburg, Bayern, Rosengård, Barcelona all safely into round of 16Manchester City hit four in first ever European away gameBIIK-Kazygurt achieve Kazakhstani first by eliminating VeronaSlavia recover from two down and Fortuna break Athletic hearts in added timeRemaining four second legs on ThursdayRound of 16 draw on Monday; ties in NovemberZvezda-2005 0-4 Manchester City (agg: 0-6)English champions City produced a stunning performance in their first ever European away fixture as defenders ... UEFA.com - News
Lyon visit offers Sevilla the chance to rally
Sevilla FC will be keen to improve their record against French sides when they host Olympique Lyonnais on matchday two, having lost four of their five fixtures against Ligue 1 opponents.Previous meetings• The teams are meeting for the first time on a competitive stage while two friendly matches between them have yielded only one goal.• On 30 July 2009 in Seville, the home side edged it 1-0 thanks to Ernesto Chevantón's goal four minutes from time. François Clerc and Jean II Makoun were sent off for the visitors. • When the teams met in Lyon on 22 July 2014 it
Lyon take to social media to celebrate
The penalty shoot-out hero was goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi.After a third title with Lyon, Camille Abily didn't need any words.Ada Hegerberg scored Lyon's goal to end as competition top scorer ...... then had a few words for UEFA.com.Lyon just love a dressing room trophy selfie.Whereas Griedge M'Bock Bathy has a strong emoji game.No translation needed...Amandine Henry played her last Lyon game and her new club are getting excited...... whereas Henry herself showed us the trophy in all its glory....