FC Barcelona and Olympique of Lyon began this Tuesday his dispute by a place in quarter-finals of the Champions, and the first round left it in tables. Neither Catalans neither French found the networks in a clash that was marked by the drops, and in which the venues remained very near to have to regret another absence of a lot of level.

In the Parc Olympique Lyonnais were not few those that threw the hands in command when they saw to Ferland Mendy tended on the lawn during the warming. The side suffered a crash with his mate Marcelo in one of the exercises and lastimó the left ankle, what in a first moment put in doubt his participation in front of the Barcelona group.

Finally, the of Meulan-in-Yvelines replaced and kept in the eleven initial, but along the meeting checked that it was not to 100%. The carrilero had special care with the zone affected in some actions, and several hits with the footballers culés gave step to instants of visible unrest, a hobble that repeated and a face that was all a poem.

In spite of everything, the Frenchman was to a very high level and contested the 90 minutes, percutiendo first by his band in the minutes of overwhelm of the OL and replegando afterwards beside his mates to treat to repel the charged barcelonistas. Bruno Génésio confirmed that it had been doubt during some minutes, but that his recovery exprés and his will to play marked the difference.

The Barça took note of his interest in the Olympique of Lyon

While the cracks commissioned to play, in the terracing of the stadium there was work for the technical office of the Barça, that has in his diary to several footballers of the Lyon. One of them is, precisely, Mendy, of the that took good note because it could fit in the staff to cover to Jordi Alba while Juan Miranda complete his training without pressures.

Besides, also they shined other youngsters gone on down the culés, like the midfield players Tanguy Ndombèlé and Houssem Aouar. The first also arrived to the commitment after an injury and gave a lesson to know do in the room of machines, and the second showed that in spite of his excess of risk in the exit of balloon is a promise of a lot of carats.