Anderlecht 1-3 Lyon

A first-half hat-trick from Lisandro Lopez sealed the most comprehensive of wins as Lyon strolled past Anderlecht.

Lopez, who scored one in the first leg as Lyon won 5-1, was on target in the 26th, 32nd and 41st minutes as the French side booked their place in the main draw for the 10th successive year.

Matias Suarez pulled one back from the spot six minutes into the second half, but it did not stop the tie being one to forget for the Belgians.

Lyon started where they left off last week and had early chances through Lopez, whose shot went high and wide, and Anthony Reveillere, whose close-range strike was well saved by the legs of Davy Schollen.

So there was an air of inevitability when Lopez did score after 26 minutes.

He pounced on a misplaced pass by Anderlecht defender Ondrej Mazuch, controlling the ball before scoring with a lob over Schollen.

Six minutes later, Lopez grabbed another, latching onto a right-wing cross by Michel Bastos and touching the ball past a defender, before dispatching it into the bottom right corner from eight yards.

And the Argentina forward completed a hat-trick four minutes before the break with a 20-yard effort which he expertly curled into the corner.

To their credit, Anderlecht produced a little more in the second half and pulled one back after they awarded a penalty when Cris fouled Suarez, who beat Hugo Lloris despite the keeper diving the right way.

Both sides had chances as they played out the meaningless remainder of the game.

Bastos' neat curled effort from the right was well parried by Schollen, saving his team from further embarrassment.

And his opposite number Lloris did well to rush from his line and block an effort from Mbark Boussoufa after he had been put through by Lucas Biglia.

A final goal for Lyon would have been a fitting way to end the tie and it almost came when Bastos' shot from the left was held by Schollen eight minutes before the end.