Around OL – Les Fenottes’ UEFA Awards Haul
Here’s all the latest news from around the OL family.
Lyon Goes Four-for-Six at UEFA Awards Ceremony
OL Féminin won four of the six awards available at the UEFA Awards ceremony in Geneva on October 1. The club, which won its record seventh overall and fifth consecutive Champions League title in August, comprised six of the twelve nominees for the positional award.
Award winners:
Best Goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon)
Best Defender: Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Best Midfielder: Dzenifer Marozsán (Lyon)
Best Forward: Penille Harder (Wolfsburg)
UEFA Women’s Player of the Year: Penille Harder (Wolfsburg)
UEFA Women’s Coach of the Year: Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon)
Busy Transfer Window Brings Paquetá, De Sciglio to OL Men
With the transfer window closed, Olympique Lyonnais’ men’s side concluded a busy few months of business that saw the club welcome seven new players and say farewell to nine more, with three players sent out on loan.
The marquee sale was Burkinabé forward Bertrand Traoré, who was sold to English side Aston Villa for just over $21.7 million, while OL bought Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paquetá from AC Milan for $23.5 million. The club also brought in Italian international Mattia De Sciglio on a season-long loan from Juventus.
14 Called in for International Duty
As men’s leagues enter the FIFA international break, 14 players from OL have been called up by their respective senior and youth national teams:
Belgium – Jason Denayer
Brazil – Bruno Guimarães
Cameroon – Karl Toko Ekambi
France – Léo Dubois, Houssem Aouar, Malo Gusto (U18s), Rayan Cherki (U19s), Melvin Bard (U21s), Maxence Caqueret (U21s)
Ivory Coast – Maxwel Cornet, Sinaly Diomande
Netherlands – Memphis Depay
Portugal – Anthony Lopes
Togo – Malcolm Barcola
Click here for a full list of fixtures involving OL’s players during the break.
OL Plays to Draw in 100th League Olympico
Olympique Lyonnais (1-1-4, 7 points, 14th) played rivals Olympique Marseille (2-1-3, 9 points, 10th) to a 1-1 draw in the first Olympico of the season on Sunday.
OM’s Dimitri Payet scored for his side in the 16th minute, finishing a low ball to the right post. Three minutes later, Payet was sent off for serious foul play after a studs-up challenge on Léo Dubois.
Lyon equalized from the penalty spot in the 28th minute. After Melvin Bard was fouled in the penalty area, Houssem Aouar smashed a shot past OM keeper Steve Mandanda.
OL nearly took the lead in the 43rd minute when Tino Kadewere knocked in a deflection off the crossbar, but the goal was disallowed for offside after consultation with the Video Assistant Referee.
From there, Lyon had a number of promising chances, but couldn’t convert any for the game-winner as they took a point at home.
OL Féminin Beat Fleury 91 3-0
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (4-0-0, 12 points, 1st) beat Fleury 91 (2-1-1, 7 points, 4th) on the road Friday. The club scored three goals in the final 22 minutes for a decisive 3-0 victory.
Lyon notched their first goal on a corner kick in the 68th minute. Wendie Renard leapt up in the penalty area and directed the ball to the left post with her head, before Canadian international Kadeisha Buchanan headed home the goal.
Renard grabbed a goal of her own 11 minutes later, heading home another corner kick from Eugenie Le Sommer across the face of goal.
Nikita Parris added the third in the 85th minute, sprinting on to a long ball from Janice Cayman and toe-poking it past charging Fleury keeper Laëtitia Philippe as the club took all three points to stay at the top of the table.
Upcoming Matches Around OL
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin vs. Dijon – Groupama OL Academy, Décines-Charpieu, France – Sunday, October 11, 8:00 a.m. PT