Guendouzi banned four matches for brawl after Lyon win

UEFA has banned Matteo Guendouzi for four matches, two of them suspended, and fined the Fenerbahçe midfielder €50,000 for his part in a brawl that broke out after his side's Champions League play-off win at Lyon. Mason Greenwood, his team-mate, was given a one-match ban, also suspended, and fined €30,000.

Fenerbahçe won 3-2 on aggregate despite losing 2-1 on the night, and the trouble began once the final whistle went. Guendouzi, who played for Lyon's fierce rivals Marseille between 2021 and 2024, had been booed throughout by the home crowd. He turned towards the Lyon end afterwards and shouted "Allez l'OM", a reference to his old club, before team-mates hurried him away. A scuffle then developed near the tunnel involving players and staff from both sides.

UEFA's disciplinary statement said Guendouzi was punished "for insulting others present at the match, provoking spectators and for violating the basic rules of decent conduct." Greenwood, who joined Fenerbahçe from Marseille only this summer, was sanctioned "for violating the basic rules of decent conduct."

Both suspensions carry a one-year probationary period. In practice, Guendouzi will sit out two matches rather than four — Fenerbahçe's Champions League league-stage fixtures against Roma and Aston Villa.

Lyon did not escape the case either. Goalkeeping coach Antonio Ferreira was banned for five matches, two suspended, after UEFA found him guilty of what the governing body described as "serious assault" during the clashes. Both clubs were fined too: Fenerbahçe's bill from the episode comes to €95,000 in total, Lyon's to €108,500.

Marseille, the club at the centre of the taunting that triggered the melee, currently sit eighth in Ligue 1 with three points from two matches this season.