Its initials are not yet familiar, but the FCSB is not an anonymous on the scale of continental football. The opponent of theOlympique Lyonnais During these knockout stages of the Europa League is none other than the Steaua Bucharest, the most successful club in Romania, and renamed FCSB at the end of a legal battle. This trip to the Romanian capital will therefore be perilous for the Gones. But Alexandre Lacazette and his teammates tackle him all the same with the favorite costume.
Olympique Lyonnais has indeed succeeded in a very satisfactory league phase by ensuring its place in the Top 8, which allowed it to avoid dams. A course that brings the signature of Pierre Sage, landed since the profile of Paulo Fonseca. The Portuguese technician began to impose his paw on this OL, but he will also be expected at the turn on the European scene, where John Textor feeds great ambitions. First serious test at the other end of Europe, at the start of the evening, this Thursday (kick -off at 6.45 p.m.).
The expected compos
Fcsb : Tarnovanu – Cretu, Popescu, Dawa (or Ngezana), Radunovic – Chiriches, Sut – Miclescu, Cisotti, Tanase (or Gheorghita) – Stefanescu.
Lyon : Perri-Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhaté, Tagliafico-Tessmann, Matic-Cherki, Tolisso (C), Nuamah-Mikautadze.
Where to see the match?
This match between the FCSB and Olympique Lyonnais in the round of 16 go to the Europa League will be broadcast this Thursday on Canal +, from 6.45 p.m. It will also be possible to look at it on the group's streaming platform, MyCanal.
