Qualification will be played in the return match on March 31 at Groupama stadium (9:00 p.m.) where OL will have to win by two goals to play the semi-finals.
In December 2020, in the round of 16 of the C1, OL had already suffered at Juventus Arena by winning 3-2 after being led 2-1.
This success of Juve, leader of Serie A, confirms both the progress of Italian women's football and the Turin club in particular, but also the difficulties outside of OL, at the top of the French championship.
However, Olympique Lyonnais had put themselves in a favorable situation by taking the lead in the 8th minute with a goal scored by the American Catarino Macario, who scored with a header on the reception of a cross from Selma Bacha. .
The Lyonnaises could have made it 2-0 before half-time by Melvine Malard who had won her duel with the French international goalkeeper of Juve, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin before Cristiana Girelli saved her team on the line (34 ).
Juventus striker Cristina Girelli saves her goal in front of Lyon striker Melvine Malard in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on March 23, 2022 in Turin Marco BERTORELLO AFP
Without being able to take cover, OL controlled the game until the justified exclusion of Australian defender Ellie Carpenter for a foul on Valentina Cernoia (63) at the halfway line which destabilized the Lyonnaises.
Shortly after, a shot from Cernoia hit the crossbar (64) before Girelli equalized by taking advantage of a failed exit from Sarah Bouhaddi when receiving a cross from Denmark's Matilde Lundorf (71).
The joy of Juventus striker Cristiana Girelli, after equalizing (1-1) against Lyon, in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, March 23, 2022 in Turin Marco BERTORELLO AFP
At the start of the game, Bouhaddi had already almost cost his team a goal after a recovery error by sending the ball over the back of Wendie Renard without the Swede Lina Hurtig taking advantage (2).
At the end of the game, Agnese Bonfantini, barely coming into play in place of Girelli, and alerted full axis by Arianna Caruso, offered victory to Juve (83).
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