Lyon qualified for the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League after beating Juventus 3-1 thanks to goals from Ada Hegerberg, Melvine Malard and Catarina Macario with which turned around the 2-1 that the Italian team achieved in the first leg.
LYO
JUV
lyons
Endler; Mbock (Cayman, 76′), Buchanan, Renard, Bacha; Horan, Egurrola (Henry, 46′), Macario (Gunnarsdottir, 87′); Cascarino, Hegerberg and Malard.
Juventus
Peyraud-Magnin; Lenzini (Lundorf, 70′), Gama, Sembrant, Boattin (Nilden, 79′); Rosucci, Pedersen, Cernoia; Bonansea (Caruso, 70′), Girelli (Staskova, 79′) and Hurtig (Bonfantini, 61′).
goals
1-0 M. 33 Hegerberg. 2-0 M. 35 Malard. 3-0 M. 73 Macario. 3-1 M. 85 Staskova
referee
Riem Hussein (Germany). TA: Egurrola (45′), Horan (71′), Hegerberg (94′) / Girelli (17′), Lundorf (81′) and Gama (94′).
Incidents
OL Park. 15,000 spectators.
The French team will face Paris Saint-Germain in the next phase to continue with its attempt to recover the European hegemony that it lost last season after giving up the throne to Barcelona. Precisely, the Parisian team was in charge of ending the abuse of Lyon just over a year ago, when they eliminated their next rival in the quarterfinals to close the path to what would have been their sixth consecutive title.
Lyon did not have an easy time breaking the barrier in which they stopped last year. In front, they had a team like Juventus that was rocky and very well organized at the back. Without giving up the ball, the girls led by Joseph Montemurro threatened French survival based on intimidating counterattacks that were not enough.
With the well-learned plan (hold on behind and try to hit high), the transalpine team managed to hold on to their lead from the first leg for just over half an hour. Until the 33rd minute, he managed to get rid of Lyon’s dominance, which ended his rival’s resistance thanks to a phenomenal header from Hegerberg. The Norwegian added her fourth goal in the competition and proved to be in great form.
Open the can, Juventus fell apart until the last stretch of the crash. Between Hegerberg’s goal and Lyon’s reaction that generated uncertainty in the nearly 15,000 fans who attended the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, marked Malardalso head, and Macariuswhich left a ‘delicatessen’ that the best Denis Bergkamp could have signed perfectly.
The American player received the ball inside the area on the run and with her back to the goal, she settled it with a spectacular roulette and with a right hand she beat goalkeeper Christiane Endler. It seemed the best rubric for a perfect night, a genius that can aspire to the Puskás awardbut five minutes from the end Andrea Staskova He brought Lyon back to reality: with a shot at the exit of a corner he reduced distances and generated uncertainty in the French team.
However, despite the final pressure, Lyon held the score well and took an important victory to continue in the fight for what would be their eighth title. Paris Saint-Germain, his executioner last season, will be his penultimate obstacle.