Olympique Lyon coach Claude Puel was very proud to see his boys holding a ticket to the Champions League quarter-finals. And he believes that Les Gones deserved to grab it.

Coming with a 1-0 victory at the Stade Gerland ge, three weeks before, Lyon eliminated Real Madrid from the most prestigious club event in Europe, after ending the second leg in Santiago Bernabeu with a 1-1 draw.

Lyon was under pressure at the beginning of the first half, after Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring. Lucky, young midfielder Miralem Pjanic saved Les Gones with an equalizer at the 75th  minute.

“We were able to avoid a bad first half. Congratulations to the players because they got up in the second half and showed great performance. I think we deserve to be in the quarter finals, ” Puel said.

Yes, Lyon joins Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Manchester United in the quarter-finals. While four other teams ready to follow next week.