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Lyon draw 1-1 with PSV Eindhoven
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-06 09:00
Good finishing by veteran Phillip Cocu earned PSV Eindhoven a 1-1 draw at
Lyon here on Tuesday and a vital away goal for the Dutch club in this Champions
League quarter-final first leg.
A vital away goal from veteran Phillip Cocu gives PSV the
advantage over Lyon. [AFP] | Lyon had been largely
on top at the Gerland stadium and Florent Malouda's early goal looked to have
given the Frenchmen the advantage before the second leg in the Netherlands on
Wednesday next week.
However 34-year-old former Barcelona midfielder Cocu changed all that with
his late goal.
Running upfield, he played a one-two with South Korean Park Ji-Sung and, with
the luck going Cocu's way as the ball cannoned into his path, finished the move
with an accurate left foot shot past Lyon keeper Gregory Coupet.
A disappointed Lyon coach Paul Le Guen told French television station TF1
afterwards: "It was not a good result tonight. We had much the better chances.
But PSV have good technique, great ability and were able to take advantage to
earn a draw."
Lyon reached this stage with a 3-0 success away to Werder Bremen before
winning 7-2 at the Stade Gerland and were boosted by the news that captain
Claudio Cacapa was fit after suffering a serious knee injury.
The 28-year-old Brazilian defender proved his fitness after two reserve games
and was ready to return after nearly five months out.
PSV coach Guus Hiddink fielded the same starting XI which twice beat Monaco
last month to book their last eight berth. They lead the Dutch league by 10
points having won 13 matches and drawn once since mid-December.
Malouda scored the opener in the 12th minute. Sidney Govou, out on the right,
passed into the area to Sylvain Wiltord in the middle of the area who was trying
hard to control the ball among a crowd of players.
The ball then came out to Malouda at the far post and he tucked the ball
neatly inside the right hand post of PSV keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Mahamadou Diarra had a chance with the outside of his right foot and Mickael
Essien had a headed effort from the penalty spot caught by keeper Gomes.
In the 39th minute, PSV had a real scare when an Essien shot beat keeper
Gomes, diving to his left, and hit the post.
However the Dutch team had an opportunity when Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's
turn and shot sailed over Gregory Coupet's crossbar.
Lyon went into the break with a deserved lead having been on top in virtually
every department of the pitch with striker Wiltord in particular having a good
game.
Italian referee Pierluigi Collina noted no changes for either team for the
second half. A Juninho freekick was punched away by Gomes as Lyon kept up the
pressure.
A golden opportunity for Paul Le Guen's men to go two goals up came in the
63rd minute however. Govou's shot from inside the area was brilliantly deflected
away for a corner by Gomes, diving to his left.
South Korean winger Park Ji-Sung, who was man-of-the-match when PSV beat
Monaco last month, had been having a quiet game with Lyon defender Anthony
Reveillere blunting Park's forays on the left flank.
Then came Cocu's 79th minute goal which spoiled the evening for most of the
39,178 crowd and gave Hiddink's men the advantage with the final leg in the
Netherlands.
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