Anderlecht loses with 5-1 from Lyon

THURSDAY, 20 AUGUST 2009, 02:30 - Sporzafanaat
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Sporting Anderlecht lost 5-1 to Olympique Lyon at the Stade de Gerland on Wednesday in the Champions League play-offs. Anderlecht suffered the dominance of the home team in the first half and just underwent the game.


Midfielder Miralem Pjanic netted after 10 minutes before Lisandro Lopez fired home a penalty with 15 minutes gone. Bastos and Gomis then struck in a four-minute period just before half-time to virtually end the tie as a contest.


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In the second half, Guillaume Gillet stayed in the changing room, he was replaced by Jonathan Legear. After sixty minutes of play, Matias Suarez scored in reply after a nice individual action: 4-1, but but Gomis ensured the joy were short-lived with his second of the game five minutes later. The home team had even more opportunities to increase their lead after that, but were not able to convert them.

Score: 5-1
Goals: 09' Pjanic (1-0), 14' Lisandro (pen 2-0), 40' Bastos (3-0), 43' Gomis (4-0), 58' Suarez (4-1), 64' Gomis (5-1)

Lyon: Reveillere, Cris, Bodmer, Cissokho, Toulalan, Kallstrom (63' Makoun), Pjanic, Bastos, Lopez (71' Delgado), Gomis (82' Honorato Campos)
Anderlecht: Proto, Van Damme, Deschacht, Juhasz, Wasilewski, Boussoufa, Biglia, Polak, Gillet (46' Legear), Suarez, De Sutter (71' Romelu)

Yellow: 13' Proto, 14' Van Damme, 67' Suarez, 69' Polak
Red: /

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Dui)
Stadium: Stade de Gerland