Ten-man Celta Vigo failed to carry on for a win of their Europa League last-16 first leg towards Lyon as Endrick secured a 1-1 draw for the Ligue 1 facet.
The Actual Madrid loanee equalised for Lyon within the 87th minute following a mistake from Celta Vigo goalkeeper Ionut Radu, who made key saves after Borja Iglesias was despatched off for the house facet at Estadio Abanca-Balaidos.
Lyon began on the entrance foot in Spain, with Corentin Tolisso heading over from Endrick’s floated cross earlier than Noah Nartey dragged huge of the goal from Stevee Kango’s cutback within the tenth minute.
Celta then took the lead towards the run of play shortly earlier than the half-hour mark, with Javi Rueda changing from Williot Swedberg’s low centre after Iago Aspas began a swift counter-attack.
Radu was then known as into motion on both facet of half-time, first saving a close-range header from Endrick earlier than expertly tipping Roman Yaremchuk’s effort across the publish, all whereas Iglesias acquired a second yellow card for catching Clinton Mata within the face.
Lyon didn’t surrender within the seek for an equaliser and located it with three minutes to go as Endrick’s curling effort from the sting of the field snuck beneath the physique of Radu and crept over the road.
Endrick pour arracher le nul en toute fin de match
Tout se décidera à Lyon dans une semaine #CeltaOL pic.twitter.com/233l0S2D6h
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) March 12, 2026
Elsewhere, Robbie Keane’s Ferencvaros defeated Braga 2-0 of their last-16 first leg, with Lenny Joseph aiding Gabi Kanichowsky’s opener earlier than scoring himself within the second half.
Genk additionally made probably the most of their house benefit within the first leg, defeating Freiburg 1-0 courtesy of Zakaria El Ouahdi’s first-half strike.
Knowledge Debrief: Endrick stars with resilient efficiency
The anticipated objectives tally maybe doesn’t inform the complete story of the match, with Celta producing 0.97 xG from simply 5 pictures to Lyon’s 0.8 from 20 makes an attempt, six of which had been heading in the right direction.
Radu made 5 saves for the hosts and was maybe unfortunate with how Endrick’s aim went in, because the goalkeeper noticed the ball fairly late when trying his save.
Endrick, nevertheless, deserved a aim for his efforts. He registered a match-high seven pictures and 5 touches within the opposition field, whereas additionally creating the joint-most probabilities (4 – together with Nartey).
