Andres Palop's hand was pretty happy, just for a while.
Because Olympique Lyonnais avoided FC Barcelona, big favorite of the Europa League in the quarter-finals.
But the Gones will still have a serious client to face on Thursday April 7 and 14.
It will be West Ham.
The English club released Sevilla on Thursday evening after extra time (0-1 / 2-0).
The "Hammers" are currently in sixth position in the English championship, ahead of Tottenham.
OL, undefeated this season in the European Cup, will however have the small advantage of receiving in the second leg, in a probably boiling atmosphere.
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In the other matches of these quarter-finals, the German clubs shot hard.
Thus Eintracht Frankfurt inherited FC Barcelona.
The second leg will take place at Camp Nou.
The German club will therefore have to eliminate a second consecutive Spanish club, after defeating Betis Sevilla on Thursday evening.
For Leipzig, big outsider of the tournament, it is Atalanta Bergamo, quarter-finalist of the Champions League in 2020, who will be his opponent.
Finally the last poster was also drawn.
It's Braga, Monaco's scorer, against Glasgow Rangers.
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Full draw obliges, everyone already knows the program of the semi-finals scheduled for April 28 and May 5.
If he qualifies Lyon will not escape FC Barcelona this time.
Catalans and Rhodaniens could find themselves in the last four, with a first leg in France.
The two teams had faced each other in 2019, in a knockout round of the Champions League won by the "Blaugrana" (0-0 / 5-1).
To afford this dream poster and hope to see Sevilla, theater of the final on May 18, the Lyonnais know what they have to face West Ham.