Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22950615" data-attributes="member: 158020">CSKA Moscow 0 Lyon 1: Marcelo header makes the difference<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/19/4A03A18500000578-5479183-image-a-22_1520537955423.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lyon put themselves on track for the Europa League quarter-finals  after securing a precious 1-0 win at CSKA Moscow in the first leg of  their last-16 tie. Marcelo headed the only goal in the 68th minute of a largely drab  affair at VEB Arena, giving Bruno Genesio's side their first victory of  any kind since they beat Villarreal last month.Winless  in their last six Ligue 1 outings, the visitors had appeared more than  happy to return to France with nothing more than a clean sheet.   But  they are now in the driving seat to advance and, having only conceded  four goals in the competition to date, will be confident of finishing  the job next week.And they should have captain Nabil Fekir back  in time for that match after the star midfielder missed the trip to  Russia with a knee complaint.CSKA commanded the bulk of the territory throughout a muted first 15  minutes and almost made their superiority count, but Ahmed Musa was  unable to beat a well-positioned Anthony Lopes at his near post.Musa's loose touch had scuppered an earlier opening while Lyon  were similarly wasteful with their occasional counter-attacks, Bertrand  Traore and Houssem Aouar both guilty of rushed attempts.Lopes was  again alert in the 35th minute to parry Aleksandr Golovin's dipping  drive in what proved a rare moment of alarm in an otherwise laboured  first half.The away side displayed little desire to increase the  tempo after the restart, although Memphis Depay did force Igor Akinfeev  into an acrobatic save with a curling free-kick on the hour.The  goalkeeper was less assured for the game's decisive moment. Beaten by  the flight of Depay's corner, Akinfeev could only watch as Marcelo rose  high and nodded home at the far post.Kenny  Tete next sliced wastefully wide but the miss mattered little as,  despite a late penalty area scramble, the Russians failed to truly test  Lopes.</blockquote>

Verification: Hath warak paha keeyada? (hatha wadikireema paha)

Top Bottom