For the first time since 2014 there will be no French club in the semi-finals of the competition.

In the semi-finals (April 22 and 29), Chelsea will face FC Barcelona and Wolfsburg against Arsenal.

In the rain of Stamford Bridge, the Lyonnaises, beaten 1-0 in the first leg, managed to make up for their delay with a goal from the Canadian Vanessa Gilles, a recovery at the first post on a center of the American Lindsey Horan (77th).

They then thought they had snatched their qualification with a second goal in extra time from Germany's Sara Dabritz (110th), from a cross-shot from the left, but the English equalized in the last seconds on a penalty converted by Norwegian Maren Mjelde (120+8) and granted after viewing the VAR.

The disappointment of Lyon eliminated by Chelsea in the Champions League, March 30, 2023 in London © JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

The penalty shootout was fatal to the players of Sonia Bompastor, Wendie Renard and Lindsey Horan having had their shots stopped by Germany's Ann-Katrin Berger.

Chelsea was finalist of this women's C1 in 2021, beaten by FC Barcelona (4-0).

In Wolfsburg, the Parisiennes, deprived in the second half of their center forward Kadidiatou Diani, hit in the right shoulder after forty minutes, could not make up their delay of the first leg (defeat at the Parc des Princes 1-0), but fell with honors against the teammates of Alexandra Popp (1-1).

The latter opened the scoring with a superb strike under the bar (20th), then Diani equalized from the head (30th) before injuring himself.

Paris striker Kadidiatou Diani leaves with a shoulder injury in Wolfsburg, March 30, 2023 © Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Finalists of the C1 in 2015 and 2017, the Parisiennes miss the last four of the C1 for the first time in four seasons (semi-finals in 2020, 2021 and 2022).

Wolfsburg have won this women's C1 twice (2013, 2014) and have been beaten three times in the final by Lyon (2016, 2018, 2020).

Quarter-final results

Thursday:

(+) Wolfsburg (GER) - Paris SG (FRA) 1-1 (first leg: 1-0)

(+) Chelsea (ENG) - Lyon (FRA) 1-2 (first leg 1-0)

Chelsea qualified 4 penalties to 3

Played Wednesday

(+) FC Barcelona (ESP) - AS Rome (ITA) 5-1 (first leg: 1-0)

(+) Arsenal (ENG) v Bayern Munich (GER) 2-0 (first leg: 0-1)

NB: qualified clubs preceded by the sign (+)

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