Olympique Lyonnais knows the Europa League well and its new formula. The Gones route obviously stopped tragicly in Old Trafford, taking three goals at the end of extension against Manchester United (2-2, 5-4 AP). In the group phase, the men of Pierre Sage had faced Olympiakos, the Rangers, Besiktas, Hoffenheim, Qarabag, Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe and Ludogorets, for a 6th place as a general, before, under the orders of Paulo Fonseca, to release the FCSB (ex-Steaua Bucharest) in eighth.
In short, OL avoided the Clubs of Premier League, Liga and Serie A during the first phase last year. This may not be the case this fall.
Qualified directly in the Europa League after their 6th place in Ligue 1 (and thanks to the French Cup won by PSG in front of Reims), Lyonnais can for example inherit Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest (or Crystal Palace, which will be fixed next Monday), Real Betis, Celta de Vigo, Roma or Bologna. It will also be necessary to avoid Bologna, Celta and Stuttgart in hat 4 of the draw scheduled for August 28.
OL in front of heavy?
X account Football Rankings Updated its projection of the hats of the drawing of the competition after the results of European week, especially in the Champions League. Indeed, the eliminated from the third qualifying round of the C1 (like the OGC Nice, beaten 2-0 by Benfica on Wednesday evening at the Allianz Riviera) then those of the dams will thus complete the table of the Europa League.
Clubs accustomed to the Champions League will be there: FC Porto, Rangers, Feyenoord, Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, Young Boys de Bern or FC Basel. For LOSC, OL and OGC Nice, it would be much easier to face training like Maccabi such as Aviv, Viktoria Plzen, Ludogrets, FCSB as well as Pafos and Larnaaca, two Cypriot clubs that could compete in the Europa League.
