Olympique Lyonnais made it two wins from two at the start of their UEFA Europa League campaign with a comfortable victory against RB Salzburg at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon. They are one of seven teams with maximum points after two rounds, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Midtjylland, Aston Villa, Braga, Lille and Porto at the top of the table.
Lyon started strongly and won a penalty inside five minutes when a shot from Mathys de Carvalho was handled inside the box. However, Pavel Šulc saw his tame penalty well saved by Salzburg goalkeeper Alexander Schlager diving to his left.
Schlager undid his good work a few minutes later when his poor pass towards Terzic was anticipated by Adam Karabec, who intercepted it on the edge of the box and crossed with precision for Satriano to head home his first goal for Lyon.
Karabec continued to cause problems for the visitors as he delivered a number of inviting crosses from the right flank, one of which was nearly turned in by Tagliafico. As the half wore on, RB Salzburg finally managed to carve out some openings of their own and their Belgian forward Yorbe Vertessen threatened twice but couldn’t conjure an equaliser.
Lyon doubled their advantage eleven minutes into the second half following a corner from Karabec. It fell to Šulc, whose shot was headed off the line by Stefan Lainer, before finding its way back out to Karabec. The Czech winger delivered another peach of a ball into the box and Ruben Kluivert, up from the back, leapt to head the ball expertly inside the far post to notch up his first goal for the club.
There were further chances for Tolisso and Satriano but Lyon couldn’t add to their goal tally. Dominik Greif was called into action a few times but never looked like conceding his first goal in a Lyon shirt and duly recorded his fourth clean sheet in as many matches. It’s now four wins in a row for Paulo Fonseca’s men in all competitions.