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Lyon 1–2 Valencia: UEFA Champions League, 17 October 2000

Lyon and Valencia finished 1–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 17 October 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Lyon.

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Source-checked report card · FootballMatch: Lyon 1–2 Valencia

2000-10-17 · Lyon

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The match

Lyon and Valencia finished 1–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 17 October 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Lyon.

Valencia won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Juan Sánchez scored in minute 45 (Valencia). Rubén Baraja scored in minute 86 (Valencia). Steve Marlet scored in minute 90 (Lyon).

Marc-Vivien Foé was sent off in minute 62.

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 27 September 2000, when Valencia finished 1–0 against Lyon. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group C of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Stade de Gerland, Lyon.

The recorded attendance was 37,669 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Lyon came into this fixture after a Valencia 1–0 Lyon result on 27 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Heerenveen 0–2 Lyon on 25 October 2000.

Valencia came into this fixture after a Valencia 1–0 Lyon result on 27 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Olympiacos 1–0 Valencia on 25 October 2000.

Sources

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