Olympique Lyonnais must resume its march forward on the European scene. Five days after a frustrating draw (1-1) on the pitch of the Stade de Reims during the twelfth day of the French championship, the Rhone club will make a long trip to the pitch of Qarabag (Thursday at 6:45 p.m.) occasion of the fifth day of the regular phase of the Europa League. During this meeting, the Lyonnais will meet Yassine Benzia (30 years old). The attacking midfielder, who was trained at OL, joined the current leader of the Azerbaijan championship during the 2024 winter transfer window. Present at a pre-match press conference this Wednesday, the Algerian international (8 caps, 4 goals) spoke about his reunion with his training club: “I'm very happy to play tomorrow against Lyon, I hope it's going to be a good match. It's a special match for me, but I I'm going to do my best to win it because it's very important to us.”
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“They changed a lot of things”
The attacking midfielder, who has played 21 matches in all competitions for six goals and six assists, since the start of the 2024-2025 season, also spoke about the new Olympique Lyonnais project since the departure of Jean-Michel Aulas: “If he asks me for one or two pieces of advice, I will be happy to give it to him. But my time was more than ten years ago, since then they have changed presidents, they have changed a lot of things and I would say that the team I was with was better but they still have a very good team today.” At the end of the first four matches, Qarabag has only three points. To avoid seeing his qualification objective slip away, the current leader of the Azerbaijan championship must take points.
To summarize
The Algerian international (8 caps, 4 goals), who plays in Qarabag (Azerbaijan), will face his training club, OL, during the fifth day of the regular phase of the Europa League this Thursday, November 28, 2024 (6:45 p.m. ).
