Overview

• Özer denied Artem Dovbyk twice before stopping Matías Soulé on the third try as Lille held on for a 1-0 Europa League win in Rome.
• The first retake followed a VAR ruling for defender encroachment after Özer saved Dovbyk’s initial 82nd-minute penalty.
• A second retake was ordered when VAR found Özer had left his goal line before Dovbyk’s second kick.
• Hakon Haraldsson had given Lille an early lead, and the final, rule-compliant save sealed the result.
• Özer, 25, called the moment “like a dream,” while coach Bruno Genesio said he had never seen anything similar, with coverage noting rare precedents such as Paulo Gazzaniga in 2024 and Jean‑François Gillet in 2015.