Photo: AFPAFP · 16 Jul 2016, 16:00Published: 16 Jul 2016 16:00 GMT+02:00French club Lyon were nervously awaiting a flight home from Istanbul on Saturday after their friendly with Fenerbahce was cancelled because of the bloody coup attempt. "The players are in no danger at all," club president Jean Michel Aulas said via Twitter early Saturday while the club also tweeted a photo of the team arriving at the airport. Lyon warming up before a French league game earlier this year. But they were soon holed up in their Marriott Asia Hotel, a good 20km away from the main violence, as hundreds died in a military uprising. Lyon arrived Friday for a match scheduled for Saturday night and even enjoyed a light training session late in the evening at Fenerbahce's stadium in Istanbul.

Source: The Local July 16, 2016 14:03 UTC