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Fenerbahce and Lyon played out a 1-1 draw at Ulker Stadyumu in Istanbul, with second-half goals from Mason Greenwood and Lois Openda cancelling each other out in a match shaped by a flurry of missed chances, three disallowed offside calls and two second-half yellow cards.
Lyon broke the deadlock in the 40th minute when Openda rose to head home from close range, converting a cross from Corentin Tolisso. The goal capped a first half in which both sides created danger without finding the net.
Fenerbahce's Vedat Muriqi headed narrowly wide in the ninth minute from a Matteo Guendouzi cross, while Greenwood twice tested Lyon goalkeeper Dominik Greif, first from outside the box in the 36th minute and again with a shot saved at the near post in first-half stoppage time.
Tanner Tessmann also had a shot saved by Fenerbahce goalkeeper Ederson in the 23rd minute. Lyon defender Abner Vinicius picked up a yellow card in the 37th minute for a foul on Milan Skriniar.
Fenerbahce went into the break trailing 1-0 after two added minutes of first-half stoppage time, during which Tolisso was penalized for handball.
Fenerbahce equalized just two minutes into the second half. In the 47th minute, Greenwood struck a left-footed shot from the right side of the box into the high center of the goal, finishing off an assist from Kerem Akturkoglu. The goal set the score at 1-1, where it would remain for the rest of the match.
Lyon responded with a sustained spell of pressure. In the 52nd minute, Openda struck the left post with a right-footed effort from outside the box, and moments later Tolisso forced a save from Ederson in the center of the goal.
Ernest Nuamah also had a shot saved by Ederson in the 55th minute, curling an attempt from a tight angle that the Fenerbahce goalkeeper turned away at the top right corner.
The match grew increasingly physical after the hour mark. N'Golo Kante was booked in the 81st minute for a foul on substitute Kail Boudache, and Skriniar received a yellow card three minutes later following a foul on Tolisso, who required brief treatment before play resumed.
Fenerbahce came closest to snatching a winner in the 80th minute, when substitute Dorgeles Nene struck the left post with a left-footed shot from a fast break assisted by Guendouzi. Akturkoglu also headed a Archie Brown cross on target in the 72nd minute, only for Greif to save.
Lyon continued to threaten in the closing stages. Tolisso forced another save from Ederson in the 88th minute with a right-footed effort from outside the box. Both sides made a flurry of second-half substitutions, including Romelu Lukaku's introduction for Fenerbahce in the 82nd minute, but neither could find a breakthrough. Three minutes of added time yielded further blocked attempts from Lukaku and Openda, and the match ended level.
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