UEFA will not be carrying out any investigation into Lyon's 7-1 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb, and French authorities have found nothing suspicious.
French authorities finish their investigation into freak win in Zagreb
UEFA will not be carrying out any investigation into Lyon's 7-1 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb, and French authorities have found nothing suspicious.
UEFA claim their Betting Fraud Detection System did not detect any irregular patterns during a remarkable night of UEFA Champions League action.
Lyon entered their final fixture knowing that they had to win big on Croatian soil and hope Real Madrid did them a favour against Ajax.
Everything fell into place for Lyon as they ran riot and Real secured a 3-0 victory in Amsterdam.
Bafetimbi Gomis netted four times for Remi Garde's side, with his efforts including a seven-minute second half hat-trick.
Priority
Lyon are now set to take their place in the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition against all the odds.
They can also rest easy in the knowledge that UEFA are happy that there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding their historic win.
A statement from UEFA read: "UEFA is aware of, and has taken note, of the press coverage surrounding yesterday's games and the various allegations made by the media.
"UEFA also considers the integrity of its own competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, as an absolute priority and pays extra attention to all games.
"We have also implemented a Betting Fraud Detections System (BFDS) as a tool against match-fixing - a system which monitors 29,000 games a season including all UEFA matches, and utilises data from more than 400 betting companies.
"For the time being this system has not shown any irregular betting patterns around yesterday's games or their outcome that would justify any inquiry on that front."
Checks
While UEFA were prepared to move on quickly, the French online gaming authority launched a probe into the shock success on Thursday.
ARJEL carried out 'checks' on the Zagreb encounter, but have reported that 'no particular anomaly' has been found.
Lyon sporting director Bernard Lacombe reacted angrily to comments made by Ajax in midweek suggesting an investigation should be carried out, but the club have since softened their stance.
A statement released by Lyon said the ARJEL probe was "completely in tune with the procedures of the governing body for online betting.
"The club totally approves of this action that is undertaken whenever a sporting result is considered unusual and we regret that comments have not been confined to the sporting aspect of an incredible achievement both for Olympique Lyonnais and French football as a whole".
Dynamo statement
Dynamo Zagreb also released a statement of their own later on Thursday, declaring that they were prepared to take legal action if their efforts continued to be questioned.
"It's scandalous and malicious to proclaim the Champions League match between Dinamo and Lyon as suspicious which is also underrating of Dinamo's opponent Lyon just because they got the needed win to qualify to the next round of the Champions League. Dinamo ended the match with a shameless result which already caused certain measures taken from the club board.," read the statement.
"Of course, no one in club can't be satisfied after that result, but it is also obvious that Dinamo was fighting after taking the lead, after equalising and when Lyon took the lead to achieve the best possible result.
"GNK Dinamo once again strongly objects to all
