Lyon return empty-handed with prospect of losing key players


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Semi Final - Olympique Lyonnais v Bayern Munich - Jose Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal - August 19, 2020 Olympique Lyonnais' Karl Toko Ekambi in action, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Franck Fife/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Had Olympique Lyonnais' Memphis Depay and Karl Toko Ekambi found the back of the net in the opening 16 minutes against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the Champions League may have had its first ever all-French final.

Instead, Paris St Germain will now face the German champions while Lyon return home empty-handed and without the opportunity of righting those wrongs next season after they failed to qualify for Europe's premier club competition.

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