Friendly League

Morata Estadio
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pablo Barro made the kick off which started today's match. Lyon's Adil Gabet got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Morata getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Álvaro Infante hit a great ball. Fabiano Borel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victor Cabanela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano Borel, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Lazaro Candamil's late challenge caught a Lyon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lazaro Candamil helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Lyon booed when Morata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lazaro Candamil didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 21 played minutes Lyon got a freekick which was hit by Jean-Marie Parodi. Victor Cabanela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabiano Borel in the 23rd minute of play. Dove Deligne's late challenge caught a Morata's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dove Deligne helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Morata booed when Lyon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dove Deligne didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jean-Marie Parodi's late challenge caught a Morata's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jean-Marie Parodi helped the player get up and apologised. Jean-Marie Parodi hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. When Lauro Sauca came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Morata fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lauro Sauca couldn't finish the play. Fabiano Borel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adil Gabet got in the 41st a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Victor Cabanela handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Barro in the 43rd minute of play forced Lyon's goalkeeper Jâninho Potiguar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Morata were awarded a corner. Enaut Castaño went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Enaut Castaño almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lyon's Jâninho Potiguar did a great save. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabiano Borel was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the Morata defense, Adil Gabet kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Cabanela. The Morata fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Cabanela should have stopped the shot. Adil Gabet struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Victor Cabanela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lyon. 58 minutes into the game, Enaut Castaño was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Morata's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lyon the free kick. A collision led to Morata getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Enaut Castaño hit a great ball. After 59 minutes, Adrien Pasquet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lyon and the Morata players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Morata's Lauro Sauca got a free kick in the 60th minute. 61 minutes into the match, Morata's goalkeeper Victor Cabanela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adil Gabet. Victor Cabanela didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. The supporters of Lyon booed when Morata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enaut Castaño didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Cristoforo Di Loreto came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Lyon fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristoforo Di Loreto couldn't finish the play. Jâninho Potiguar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lauro Sauca, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 72nd minute Fabiano Borel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Cabanela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victor Cabanela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabiano Borel in the 77th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Morata's goalkeeper Victor Cabanela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adil Gabet. Lauro Sauca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jâninho Potiguar having to interfere. A collision led to Lyon getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Arturo Scurti hit a great ball. Jâninho Potiguar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costante Canosa in the 91st minute of the match. If Adil Gabet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Lyon left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Morata.