Sunday, December 11, 2022 – 9:15 PM
DUBAI, 11th December, 2022 (WAM) — French Olympique Lyonnais defeated Liverpool, England, 3-1 in the second match of the 2022 Dubai Super Cup, which brought them together at Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Nasr Club, and was moderated by an Emirati international arbitration crew led by Ahmed Issa Mohammed, and his assistants, Sat. Obeid, and Mohammed Ghalita Al-Shehhi.
Lyon made up for losing 0-3 against Arsenal at the opening of the tournament last Thursday, and concluded his participation in this match.
The first half ended with a 1-1 tie between the two teams, as Liverpool scored in the first minute, specifically 39 seconds after the start of the match, through his young Portuguese player Fabio Carvalho, with a pass from the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, and French Alexandre Lacazette equalized for Lyon in the 40th minute, due to a mistake from the Liverpool defense. .
The first half saw the referee awarding a penalty kick in favor of Liverpool in the 14th minute. Mohamed Salah gave it a shot, but Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopez saved it successfully.
In the second half, the coaches of the two teams, Juergen Klopp in Liverpool, and Laurent Blanc in Lyon, involved a large number of substitute players and youth.
French substitute Bradley Barkola succeeded in scoring the second goal for Lyon (65), and his colleague Alexandre Lacazette added the third goal for Lyon and his second (83).
And in a penalty shootout after the end of the match, according to the tournament regulations, Lyon repeated its superiority and won 4-3, to get an additional point, raising its score to 4 points, while Liverpool remained without points and had a match remaining against AC Milan next Friday.
Emad Al-Ali / Walid Farouk