The Glamour Boys struggled to find their feet in the opening minutes and made a number of defensive blunders. Lyon cashed in ruthlessly.

Brian Bergougnoux fired the French club into the lead in the third minute. Goalkeeper Brian Baloyi spilled a long-range shot from Eric Carriere and Bergougnoux was quick to pounce on the rebound.

Bergougnoux completed his brace after 15 minutes. Brazilian Juninho played a fine ball into space towards the far side with the Chiefs defence badly exposed, leaving Bergougnoux clear to fire a stunning shot into the top corner.

While Stanton Fredericks and Jabu Pule showed flashes of brilliance in midfield, overall the French dominated this aspect of the game with Juninho and Carriere pulling the strings.

As the match wore on, Chiefs got back into the game and were particularly impressive in the second half. However, they could not crack the Lyon defence.

Chiefs will prepare for the next match knowing that nothing short of victory against home side Seongnam on Thursday will be enough to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the final next Tuesday.

Seongnam scored a 2-1 win against Turkish side Besiktas in Seoul in another Group A match.

Group B swings into action on Wednesday with Germany's 1860 Munich up against Dutch outfit PSV Eindhoven at Busan and US team LA Galaxy taking on Club Nacional of Uruguay at Ulsan.

Highlights

79 - Tenashe Nengomasha on for Pule and Jabulani Mendu cameon for Moshoeu on 82 minutes.

73 - Hesitation in Amakhosi defence allows Bergougnoux an opportunity to strike but his goal is rules off.

68 - Chiefs make a double substitution with Arthur Zwane coming on for David Kannemeyer and Rene Richards on for Kubeka.

65 - Lyon introduce Jeremie Brechet for Yohan Gomez. A minute later Vikash Dhorasoo comes on for Juninho.

61 - Juninho plays a good ball through to Viale but his shot sails harmlessly across Baloyi’s area.

59 - Swazi international Sibusiso Dlamini comes on for his second game in Kaizer Chiefs colours as he comes on for Radebe. Dlamini made his debut in the 4-1 Vodacom Challenge victory against FC Lupopo in Mmabatho.

57 - A timely clearance by Kubeka to break down a build-up between Bergougnoux and Juninho, as kicks the ball into safety under the feet of Juninho. A minute later Pule comes close but his shot is well covered by Lyon keeper.

46 - No changes on the Chiefs side as the second half gets underway.

42 - A good ball from Bergougnoux to Carriere who plays it back to Juninho but Baloyi does well to snatch.

40 - A short corner between Pule and Fredericks with Pule swinging in a curler and Thobejane’s header is parried away for a corner.

23 - Pule almost reduced the deficit but his goal was ruled off. The dribbling wizard did well to dribble his way past Philippe Violeau and played the ball through to Musasa whose attempt was blocked by the keeper and Pule was quick to thump the loose ball into the net. But that did not count. A minute later Stanton Fredericks fired a magnificent low shot but Lyon keeper did well to palm away for corner.

15 - Lyon go further ahead with Brazilian Juninho playing a fine ball into space towards the far side and played back into the box for Bergougnoux to fire a stunning shot into the top corner. 0-2

3 - An early setback for Chiefs as Brian Bergougnoux puts the French club in the lead. Baloyi spilled a long-range shot from Eric Carriere and Bergougnoux was quick to react. 0-1

Goalkeeper: Brian Baloyi


Defenders: Rodney Thobejane, Patrick Mabedi, Nhlanhla Kubheka, David Kannemeyer


Midfielders: Stanton Fredericks, Jabu Pule, Thabo Mooki, John Moshoeu


Strikers: David Radebe, Kabamba Musasa