This ensures a place in the final for a French club.

PSG and OL have already faced each other in the final in Cardiff in 2017 for a victory on penalties for the Lyonnaises, who also eliminated the Parisiennes in half in 2020 before being released, in turn, by the Franciliennes , from the quarter-finals in 2021.

The two matches will be played on April 23 or 24 for the first leg in Lyon and on April 30 or May 1 for the return.

The other semi-final will oppose FC Barcelona, ​​defending champion, to Wolfsburg.

Hegerberg scores, Bacha decisive

Facing Juventus, Olympique Lyonnais, notably with Chilean Christiane Endler in goal, back from injury and favorite of Sarah Bouhaddi, who had failed in the first match, had to wait half an hour to take the measure of his opponent and lead 2-0 in two minutes.

The Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, ill and absent in the first leg, holder of the center-forward position, showed the way and opened the scoring by taking over at the far post a center delivered from the left wing by Selma Bacha, aligned as back side (33).

Lyon's Norwegian striker Ada Hegeberg opens the scoring against Juventus Turin, in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, on March 31, 2022 at Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP

At this time of the meeting, the French international had already been decisive, but on a defensive phase when she knew how to sacrifice herself to repel a shot from Sweden's Lina Hurtig (23).

After the opener, Melvine Malard quickly doubled the gap, also scoring with a header, on receiving a cross from the right by American Lindsay Horan (35).

Lyon striker Melvine Malard scores the second goal against Juventus Turin, in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, on March 31, 2022 at Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP

The Lyonnaises, dominating without sharing with a good offensive animation but without being sharp and realistic enough in the decision zone, waited a long time before taking shelter definitively.

It was the American Catarino Macario, scorer in the first leg, and already dangerous on a shot saved by the French international goalkeeper of Juve, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (63), who brought the score to 3-0 at the exit. a nice control oriented on a cross from Delphine Cascarino from the right wing (73).

American striker from Lyon Catarina Macario sees her shot diverted by the French goalkeeper from Juventus Turin Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, during the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League, March 31, 2022 at Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP

And fortunately, because at the end of the match, five minutes after coming on, Andrea Staskova reduced the score with a header from a corner, putting pressure on OL in a new demonstration of the feverishness of the Lyon defense (84) .

But Sonia Bompastor's players held on until the final whistle.

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