Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Lyon stun Roma late on
NABIL Fekir and Alexandre Lacazette fired late goals as Lyon hit back to beat Roma 4-2 at the Stade des Lumieres.
Roma struck twice through Mohamed Salah and Federico Fazio to lead at half-time after Mouctar Diakhaby had given Lyon an early lead.
Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso restored parity early in the second period and, after Fekir had put the French side ahead, Lacazette added a crucial fourth in stoppage time — a rocketed effort met with an ice-cool celebration.
Mbwana Aly Samatta’s double helped Genk to a 5-2 win in their all-Belgian tie at Gent.
Samuel Kalu levelled for Gent after Ruslan Malinovskyi’s low free-kick had given Genk the lead but further goals from Omar Colley, Samatta and Jere Uronen put the visitors 4-1 up at half-time.
Kalifa Coulibaly’s header reduced Gent’s deficit again with half an hour left, only for Samatta to grab his second and Genk’s fifth.
Claudio Beauvue’s last-minute header clinched Celta Vigo a 2-1 first-leg win against Krasnodar.
Danish midfielder Daniel Wass broke the deadlock for Celta with a free-kick early in the second half and although the Russians responded through Swede Viktor Claesson six minutes later, Beauvue headed home Hugo Mallo’s cross in the 90th minute.
Besiktas hold a slight advantage in their tie against Olympiacos after drawing 1-1 in Greece.
Argentina i nternational Esteban Cambiasso’s fine header put Olympiacos ahead at the break but Cameroon forward Vincent Aboubakar fired Besiktas level early in the second half.