Olympique Lyonnais are five points ahead of the German club, which they will meet on November 17 in Munich for the return leg.
But by then, Lyon will have faced, Sunday, still in Décines-Charpieu, Paris Saint-Germain in the shock of Division 1 which will already be very important in the attribution of the title in a championship of France dominated by the two formations. .
Despite this positive result conducive to gaining confidence, Lyon will have to deliver a much more convincing performance to win and put themselves in a position to recover their title lost in the spring.
Because, before snatching victory in the last minutes on a goal from Amandine Henry who victoriously headed a corner played from the right by the American Catarina Macario (87), the Lyonnaises suffered for a long time due to lack of offensive inspiration and showing a certain excitement behind.
They were also carried out at half-time on a goal scored against his camp by the Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan after a corner played two (26).
During a rather mediocre first period, Bayern, however shy, could even have added a second goal on a shot from Lineth Beerensteyn stopped by the Chilean goalkeeper of the OL, Christiane Endler (31) while a return de Carpenter wiped out an opportunity from Sofia Jakobson (45 + 1).
Deprived of Selma Bacha, Amel Majri and Wendie Renard, injured, Lyon, long completely harmless with too timid shooting attempts from Delphine Cascarino (4) or Catarina Macario (22), equalized at the start of the second period.
It was the Belgian Janice Cayman who found the opening to equalize following a free kick played by the American Macario badly negotiated by the Munich defense (50).
Cayman was not far, soon after, to give his team the advantage with a shot passing just over (60).
For her part, the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, who entered half an hour from the end, was also close to giving OL the advantage on an attempt passing close to the post (80) but it was ultimately Henry who had the last word.
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