S. El Shaarawy enters the game and replaces E. Džeko.
90' +2
A. Lacazette has scored a goal for Lyon! Assist by M. Valbuena.
Valbuena with the assist for that goal as he rolled the ball into Lacazette’s feet.
GOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!!! A stunning goal from Lacazette!!!! The striker finally gets on the scoresheet with a fabulous goal, as he fires the ball into the top corner from 25 yards out with a ferocious strike.
90'
Emerson steals possession away from Lacazette inside the Lyon half and hits a powerful left-footed effort towards goal from 25 yards out, but once again it’s straight at Lopez who catches it in with ease.
88'
The ball breaks to Tolisso after bouncing off Strootman and the midfielder goes for goal from 30 yards out, but his well-struck effort goes narrowly wide of Alisson’s goal. Lyon certainly look the more likely of the two sides to score in the closing stages.
87'
Manolas brings down Lacazette 30 yards out from goal with a clumsy challenge but Valbuena’s shot from the free-kick comes off the head of Dzeko in the wall. Manolas was pretty fortunate to avoid a second yellow card there though.
86'
Chance! Lacazette is played clean through on goal and goes round Alisson, but his touch is too heavy and forces him wide allowing Roma to get back and defend in numbers.
85'
D. Perotti enters the game and replaces R. Nainggolan.
Another change for Roma as Nainggolan is replaced by Diego Perotti.
84'
Valbuena puts a cross in towards the back post but Lacazette isn’t on the same wavelength as his teammate and the cross goes harmlessly out for a goal kick.
82'
L. Paredes enters the game and replaces D. De Rossi.
Another change for Roma now as De Rossi is replaced by Leandro Paredes.
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81'
Strootman picks out Dzeko at the far post with a first-time cross with the outside of his boot, but the ball is too high for the striker who can only head it straight up, allowing Lopez to rise highest and catch it above his head.
80'
Huge appeals for a Lyon penalty as Tolisso goes down inside the box under a challenge from Manolas, but Anthony Taylor decides there wasn’t enough contact and points for a goal kick.
78'
Half-chance for Roma! Peres is picked out by Nainggolan inside the right-hand edge of the penalty box and the winger ignores the support of Dzeko and Salah in the middle and goes for goal, but his left-footed effort is too close to Lopez who hangs on low to his right.
76'
M. Cornet enters the game and replaces R. Ghezzal.
Lyon are making a third and final change now with Maxwell Cornet replacing the impressive Ghezzal.
74'
N. Fekir has scored a goal for Lyon! Assist by L. Tousart.
GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!! What a goal from Fekir!!!!! The substitute has only been on the pitch for a matter of minutes, but he turns away from Fazio 25 yards out from goal before driving into the box and cutting inside onto his left foot, before slotting the ball into the bottom corner from 15 yards out to give Lyon the lead once again.
Tousart played a simple pass into Fekir's feet, but that goal was all his own work in truth.
71'
N. Fekir enters the game and replaces E. Mammana.
Nabil Fekir is coming on now for his 100th Lyon appearance. He's replacing Mammana with Gonalons dropping into defence.
70'
Two wonderful saves!! Alisson makes two superb saves within a minute, first denying Lacazette with a flying save high to his left from a well-struck long-range effort, before tipping Valbuena’s curling 18-yard effort narrowly over the bar.
68'
Gonalons steals possession away from Peres as he looks to get in behind the Lyon defence down the left-hand side, before Fazio has to turn the ball awkwardly behind for a corner moments later to prevent Lacazette being clean through on goal at the other end.
66'
K. Manolas gets yellow.
Manolas becomes the latest player to go into the book for a late challenge on Valbuena.
65'
Save!! Gonalons drills a low effort towards goal from 25 yards out which takes a wicked deflection, wrong-footing Alisson, but the Roma keeper reacts well to get down to his left and palm the ball away from danger.
63'
Valbuena picks out Ghezzal who is in space 25 yards out from goal on the right-hand side. The winger chooses to ignore the support outside him though and curls a left-footed effort towards goal, but it’s straight at Alisson who holds on to it with ease.
62'
L. Tousart gets yellow.
Salah shows his pace there as he turns away from Tousart just inside the Roma half and the Lyon midfielder cynically pulls him back, earning himself a yellow card.
60'
Lyon have all the momentum in their favour at the moment and look as if they could score every time they go forward. Roma do still look a threat on the counter-attack though, particularly with the pace of Salah.
58'
Lacazette turns Fazio brilliantly inside the right-hand edge of the penalty box, but the Roma centre-back does superbly well to stick with him and make a good sliding block as he looks to test Alisson with a low shot from a tight angle.
57'
Ghezzal skips past a couple of Roma defenders with ease inside the penalty box, but Fazio stands up tall and makes a good tackle on the winger, who has certainly impressed so far today.
55'
This game is being played at an extraordinary speed and tempo now, with Lyon enjoying a good spell of possession as their fans get louder and louder.
53'
Gonalons gives the ball away cheaply deep inside his own half and Dzeko appears to have space to shoot left-footed from just inside the Lyon penalty box, but Mammana does well to get across and block the effort, bailing his captain out in the process.
51'
That goal really has brought the home fans to life at the start of the second half, first cheering their side on before greeting De Rossi with a loud chorus of boos as he lines up a free-kick from close to half way.
49'
Ghezzal whips in a dangerous cross from the right which is superbly cleared by a recovering Manolas, before Roma break forward at pace through Dzeko and Salah, before Strootman forces Lopez into a smart save low to his right to keep the scores level. It really is end-to-end stuff at the start of the second half.
47'
C. Tolisso has scored a goal for Lyon! Assist by A. Lacazette.
It was lovely one-touch build up play between Lacazette and Tolisso that created the space for the shot.
GOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!! Wonderful goal from Corentin Tolisso!! The midfielder exchanges a lovely one-two with Lacazette just outside the Roma penalty box before firing a fierce effort past Alisson into the left-hand corner from 20 yards out to bring Lyon level.
46'
C. Jallet enters the game and replaces Rafael.
Lyon are making a change at the break with Christophe Jallet replacing Rafael, who picked up a knock in the first half.
Kick-off! Referee Anthony Taylor blows his whistle and Lyon get the second half underway.
45' +1
We’re into two minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half.
45'
Jesus brings down Ghezzal with another clumsy challenge just outside the Roma penalty box and Valbuena once again stands over the free-kick. This time though he goes for goal but Alisson reads it well and gets across towards his near post to catch it comfortably.
43'
Ghezzal plays a lovely Crossfield ball towards Valbuena who brings it down on his chest before laying the ball off to Lacazette on the edge of the box, but the striker has very few options and ends up rolling the ball back towards Maxime Gonalons who hits a tame effort straight at Alisson.
41'
Emerson gets yellow.
Emerson becomes the first player to go into the book for a foul on Rafael close to the corner flag on the right-hand side. Valbuena whips in the resultant free-kick but Fazio gets up well at the near post to head the ball clear.
39'
Valbuena and Lacazette link up well down the left-hand side before the latter is tackled by Manolas as he looks to get down the outside of him. Lyon have responded well to falling behind but are struggling to create any real threat on Alisson’s goal.
37'
Salah breaks forward at pace and plays an early cross towards Nainggolan on the edge of the box, but the ball is just taken away from the Belgian as he looks to hit an ambitious first-time volley towards goal.
35'
Roma have certainly looked the more likely to score since drawing level earlier in the half, and Luciano Spalletti will be delighted with the way his side have played in the last 20 minutes.
33'
F. Fazio has scored a goal for Roma! Assist by D. De Rossi.
De Rossi had stayed wide having taken the corner, and put in a wonderful dipping cross for Fazio to head home.
GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! Fazio heads Roma ahead!! De Rossi swings in a deep cross from the right-hand side and Fazio, who had stayed forward following a corner moments earlier, arrives late at the back post to head powerfully past Lopez from six yards out.
32'
Chance for Roma! Salah plays Strootman in down the right-hand edge of the penalty box and the midfielder appears to only have Lopez to beat, but Lyon get back in numbers to get a block in and prevent their goalkeeper being called into action.
30'
Ghezzal brings down Emerson Palmieri 30 yards out from goal and it appears as though Rafael landed awkwardly as he jumped to avoid the Roma midfielder. The right-back is down receiving some treatment but it looks as though he’s going to be able to continue.
28'
This game is certainly not lacking intensity with both side committing plenty of numbers forward whenever they have possession, and both sides look equally dangerous in the final third.
26'
Strootman brings down Ghezzal just outside the Roma penalty box handing Lyon a free-kick in a dangerous area, but Ghezzal can only strike it straight into the wall, before Lucas Tousart is flagged offside as he attempts an acrobatic effort from eight yards out on the rebound.
24'
Lopez reacts quickly to come off his line and smother Dzeko’s close-range effort from a tight angle on the left-hand side, but the flag goes up so the goal wouldn’t have stood anyway.
22'
Roma will be delighted with the way they have bounced back from conceding that opening goal, but the equaliser doesn’t seem to have dampened the spirits of the home fans, who are still pretty vocal.
20'
Mohamed Salah has scored a goal for Roma! Assist by F. Fazio.
Federico Fazio has been credited with the assist, but it was more of a clearing header forward which led to Diakhaby slipping over.
GOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!! Salah brings Roma level!! Having given Lyon the lead, Diakhaby gifts Roma an equaliser as he loses his balance, handing possession straight to Salah 35 yards out from goal, and the Egyptian winger runs clean through on goal unopposed before slotting the ball past Lopez.
18'
Roma haven’t quite got going yet but they’ve responded well to going a goal behind and they certainly look the more dangerous side now.
16'
Chance for Dzeko! Salah gets in behind the Lyon defence down the right-hand side and stands up a cross towards Dzeko who is completely unmarked on the edge of the six yard box, but the ball is fractionally too high and he can only head the ball onto the roof of the net.
14'
Roma look to hit back though as Dzeko holds the ball up well before laying it off to Kevin Strootman on the edge of the box. The midfielder though chooses not to shoot and finds Peres in space on the right-hand edge of the penalty box and the right-back does shoot, but the effort is straight at Lopez who hangs on at the second attempt.
12'
Lyon flood forwards in numbers again and Lacazette lays the ball off to Valbuena who has space to shoot 12 yards out from goal, but Juan Jesus does well to get across and block the first-time effort.
10'
That goal has certainly lifted the home crowd who were pretty quiet for the opening few minutes, but they’re making themselves heard now.
8'
M. Diakhaby has scored a goal for Lyon! Assist by Rafael.
The initial delivery from Valbuena wasn’t the best but Rafael did superbly well to get his head to it and flick it into Diakhaby’s path.
GOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Mouctar Diakhaby gives Lyon the lead!! Mathieu Valbuena swings in a free-kick from the right-hand side after a foul on Lacazette, and Rafael flicks a header across the face of goal towards the far post, where the centre-back knocks the ball in from six yards out.
7'
Dzeko gets into space down the left-hand edge of the Lyon penalty box and picks out Salah who is unmarked 12 yards out from goal, but he rushes his first-time shot and blasts it high over the bar.
5'
Save! Nainggolan strikes a fierce effort towards goal from just outside the Lyon penalty box and Anthony Lopez has to spring to his right to keep it out before Mohamed Salah is penalised for handball as he slips looking to get to the rebound.
4'
Alexandre Lacazette is well tackled by Nainggolan after a neat piece of link-up play with Rafael down the right. Lyon will certainly want to get their centre forward into the game as much as possible.
2'
Radja Nainggolan looks to play a first-time ball over the top of the Lyon defence for Dzeko to chase after a good run infield from Bruno Peres, but the striker fails to bring the ball under control. It looks as though Nainggolan is playing just in behind Dzeko early on though.
1'
Kick-off! Edin Dzeko gets the game underway for Roma.
Lyon progressed to this stage of the competition with an emphatic 11-2 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar in the last 32, having finished third in Champions League Group H behind Juventus and Sevilla.
Their domestic form is equally as impressive with just one defeat in their last five Ligue 1 matches, leaving them fourth in the table, although they are fifteen points adrift of third place Nice.
Roma meanwhile have lost just once in Europe this season, a 1-0 home defeat to Villarreal in the second leg of the last 32, but the narrow margin of the defeat was enough to see them into the last 16 after a 4-0 first-leg win in Spain.
They do though come into the game on the back of a disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Napoli in Serie A, a result that left them 12 points behind leaders Juventus, putting a huge dent in their title ambitions.
Subs: Szczesny, Vermaelen, Mario Rui, Paredes, Perotti, Totti, El Shaarawy
Lyon make just two changes from their 1-1 draw with Bordeaux last time out, with Rachid Ghezzal and Mathieu Valbuena coming in on either wing for Nabil Fekir and Memphis Depay.
Roma meanwhile make four changes to their side that was beaten by Napoli, with Bruno Peres, Emerson Palmieri and Mohamed Salah replacing Antonio Rudiger, Diego Perotti and Stephan El Shaarawy outfield, while Alisson Becker replaces Wojciech Szczesny in goal.
The two sides last met in the 2006/07 Champions League last 16, when Francesco Totti, who is included on the Roma bench today, scored as Roma secured a 2-0 aggregate win across the two legs.
The players are making their way out onto the pitch, kick-off is not far away now.
Half-time: Lyon 1-2 Roma
Lyon manager Bruno Genesio will certainly not want to take a deficit into the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico, and may well turn to Nabil Fekir early on in the second half in attempt to get back on level terms, while his opposite number Luciano Spalletti will be hoping his side can get another away goal to take back to Rome.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Europa League last 16 first-leg tie between Lyon and Roma at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
Roma lead at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais thanks to goals from Salah and Fazio after Diakhaby had given Lyon an early lead. Both sides have had further opportunities to score in a half which has been played at a pretty high intensity, although Roma have created the better chances and deservedly go into the break ahead.
Full-time: Lyon 4-2 Roma
Lyon take a two goal lead into the second leg in Rome in a week’s time thanks to a superb second half fightback, led by Nabil Fekir and Alexandre Lacazette who both scored outstanding individual goals.
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