The return matches will be played on Thursday 31 March.
At the Allianz Stadium in Turin, the Italians, aware of the performance, celebrated their victory as if there was no return match, against the Lyonnaises, seven-time winners of this C1.
The French had opened the scoring with their American Catarina Macario (8th), but the Turinese overturned the meeting with goals from Cristiana Girelli (71st) and Agnese Bonfantini (83rd), while Lyon had been playing with ten since the exclusion of the Australian Ellie Carpenter in the 62nd minute for a foul on Valentina Cernoia.
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 Emirates Stadium in London, home of the Gunners, the Germans from Wolfsburg opened the scoring by Tabea Wassmuth (19th), her ninth goal this season in the Champions League, where she leads the scoring charts.
But the English, very combative, equalized in the 89th minute by Carlotte Wubben-Moy.
Arsenal defender Lotte Wubben-Moy (3rd g), congratulated by her teammates, after equalizing (1-1) against Wolfsburg, in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, March 23, 2022 at the Emirates Stadium in London Ben STANSALL AFP
The first two quarters on Tuesday saw away victories for Paris SG against Bayern Munich (2-1) and the big favorite, defending champion FC Barcelona, at their rival Real Madrid (3-1 ).
Quarter-final first leg results:
Wednesday:
Juventus (ITA) - Lyon (FRA) 2 - 1
Arsenal (ENG) - Wolfsburg (GER) 1 - 1
(return matches on March 31)
Played Tuesday:
Bayern Munich (GER) - Paris SG (FRA) 1 - 2
Real Madrid (ESP) - Barcelona (ESP) 1 - 3
(return matches on March 30)
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