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Lyon open C1 season with 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in Rio

Xinhua, September 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Last season's Ligue 1 runners-up Lyon opened their Champions League campaign with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday, hosting Group H opponents Dinamo Zagreb at the Parc OL.

Missing five key players, including top striker Alexandre Lacazette, Lyon claimed the convincing win employing a squad packed with homegrown players.

Maxwel Cornet tested Adrian Semper with a close-range flick after just 10 minutes into the match, before Corentin Tolisso struck, sending a powerful header into the net from Rafael's cross three minutes later.

Jordan Ferri made it 2-0 on 49 minutes after bursting forward to clip a delicious shot over Semper and into the far corner.

And eight minutes later, Cornet raced onto a measured Tolisso pass to prod home Lyon's third.

Zagreb struck the woodwork twice in the 61st and 87th minute, but Rachid Ghezzal would have given Lyon a plumper cushion had Semper not smartly parried his angled drive at 81.

Lyon, who lost all three home group-stage games last season, will next visit La Liga side Sevilla on September 27. Endit