Lyon 4-2 PAOK Highlights, UEFA Europa League: Les Gones Beat 10-Man Opponents To Top Standings

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And we’re off! First whistle blows and the action starts to build. Just 4 minutes in, Soualiho Meïté is already making waves, earning a free kick for PAOK deep in their own half. Lyon’s Rémi Himbert got a bit too eager and the referee wasn’t having it, foul called.

And PAOK are off the mark first! 20 minutes in and Giorgos Giakoumakis pounces on a corner, slotting a crisp right-footed finish straight into the top centre of the net. Lyon’s defence are caught napping, and just like that, it’s 1-0 to PAOK. The stadium is buzzing, and Lyon are going to have to shake off that early wake-up call.

And Lyon are right back in it! They hit PAOK with a lightning-fast break. Afonso Moreira bursts forward and slips the perfect pass into space, and Rémi Himbert does the rest, a clean right-footed finish from the left side of the box, guided low into the bottom-right corner.

The home crowd erupts, the momentum swings instantly, and suddenly it’s all square: Lyon 1, PAOK 1. Game on again.

And that’s the whistle for halftime, but not before a huge twist in the story!

PAOK have been dealt a massive blow late in the half. Around the 40th minute, Giannis Konstantelias flies in with a reckless challenge, the referee reaches straight for the card, and it’s a second yellow. Red. PAOK are down to ten.

That changes everything.

So we head into the break with the score level, Lyon 1, PAOK 1, but Lyon are now staring at an entire second half with a one-man advantage. This one is perfectly poised.

And Lyon take the lead!

Just past the hour mark, Afonso Moreira is at it again, cutting through PAOK’s defence and teeing up Khalis Merah. From the left side of the box, Merah drills a low right-footed shot into the bottom-right corner — unstoppable.

PAOK are now down to ten and Lyon are 2-1 up. The momentum has fully swung, and the home crowd are loving every second of it!

And PAOK are back in it!

66 minutes gone and Soualiho Meïté rises highest in the box to meet Andrija Zivkovic’s pinpoint corner delivery. His header is perfect, low into the bottom-left corner, past the Lyon keeper, and suddenly it’s 2-2.

Even down to ten men, PAOK aren’t going quietly. This match has completely ignited, end-to-end thrills all around!

Drama right to the death.

88 minutes on the clock and Lyon snatch the lead once again. Adil Hamdani delivers a clever ball into the box, and Adam Karabec steps up, curling a crisp left-footed shot into the bottom-left corner. Lyon 3, PAOK 2, what a turnaround.

PAOK have fought valiantly with ten men, but Lyon’s persistence finally pays off. The tension is electric as we edge toward the final whistle.