Olympique Lyonnais dominated PSG in the semi-finals (2-1) on Saturday, and will compete in its tenth final of the European competition.
Le Monde with AFP
Less than two years after their last coronation, Lyon footballers will once again taste a Champions League final on May 21 in Turin. Saturday, April 30, they confirmed their return to the foreground by dominating their national PSG rivals (2-1), to offer themselves a tenth final of the European competition, against FC Barcelona, reigning champion.
After a white season, without the slightest title, the Lyonnaises made the experience of the experience six days after a controlled first leg (3-2), in the wake of Ada Hegerberg and Wendie Renard, spacing in a park of incandescent and hostile princes. OL takes its revenge on the quarterfinals of last year, won by PSG at the goals outside.
French reigning champion, PSG was too feverish on all of the two matches. Paris will have folded, on the outward journey, on the errors of its goalkeeper Barbora Votikova. He sold, Saturday, facing Hegerberg and Renard’s head game, clinics in front of the goal on two assists by Selma Bacha (14th, 83rd), despite the equalization of Marie-Antoinette Katoto (62nd).
The Norwegian, the best scorer in the history of the Champions League (58 goals), even believed to double the bet (56th), but Melvine Malard, a passer on the action, was out of a breath of a breath .
More than 43,000 spectators
The partners of Amandine Henry certainly suffered, bowing to Katoto at the time of play, but they resisted, thanks in particular to their goalkeeper Christiane Endler, who gave himself up before Sara Däbritz (54th) and interposed before Sakina Karchaoui (76th).
The Chilean door, part of Paris for Lyon last summer, responded well to the insulting songs of ultras supporters from the Auteuil turn, who came en masse for the occasion.
The latter have ensured a hot atmosphere despite the defeat, restoring the Parc des Princes a forgotten energy in recent weeks with the male section, very criticized by the groups of supporters despite the title in Ligue 1.
The crowd displayed 43,254 spectators: never a stadium had gathered so many people in France for a female club match.
For the Lyonnaise defender Selma Bacha, OL “has the quality to go and seek” the European title. Until now, Lyonnaises have never lost against Barça.