Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 20 October 2010
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 20 October 2010, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Benfica: match report
Olympique Lyonnais defeated Benfica 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 20 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jimmy Briand opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Jimmy Briand (21') and Lisandro López (51'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 23rd on 6 points from 2 and Benfica 42nd on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-1-2.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Jimmy Briand
- 34'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 37'Yellow card · Carlos Martins
- 41'Yellow card · Anthony Reveillere
- 43'Second yellow · Nicolás Gaitán
- 51'Goal · Lisandro López
- 68'Yellow card · Javi García
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-2-1)
Hugo Lloris, Anthony Reveillere, Aly Cissokho, Miralem Pjanić, Michel Bastos, Maxime Gonalons, Yoann Gourcuff, Jimmy Briand, Lisandro López, Cris, Pape Malick Diakhaté
Benfica line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Javi García, Carlos Martins, Nico Gaitán, Javier Saviola, Alan Kardec, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez