Lyon start Europa League campaign cautiously at Anderlecht

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·16 September 2026

Lyon begin their Europa League league phase away to Anderlecht on Wednesday, approaching it with cautious, measured ambitions.

According to L'Équipe, Paulo Fonseca said on Tuesday he would rotate his squad for the 21:00 kick-off.

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This comes after their Champions League play-off exit to Fenerbahçe, a 1-1 draw in Istanbul followed by a 1-2 home defeat in the Rhône.

It marks Lyon’s third consecutive Europa League campaign, and their eighth in 12 years.

In the competition’s last two editions they went out in the quarter-finals, then the round of 16.

It is not the European stage they had hoped for, but the players have accepted it and now turn to the task ahead.

Source: L'Équipe

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