Women's Champions League: Lyon in search of a 7th title against the Louves of Wolfsburg
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This Sunday evening, the Lyonnaises will defend their title of European champion against the German team of Wolfsburg. An evening to follow live on RFI, from 6 p.m. UT.
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Read moreLyon against Wolfsburg is a classic in the Women's Champions League final . The two teams have already faced each other several times for the European title. In 2013, the Wolfsburg Louves deprived the Lyonnaises of a third crown in a row.
The players of President Jean Michel Aulas made up for it later. They beat Wolfsburg in the final in 2016 and 2018, but it was never easy: one victory on goal and another at the end of extra time.
The " most exciting rivalry "
This Sunday will therefore be played in the final in San Sebastián a new episode of the “ most exciting rivalry ” of the decade in the Champions League. Wolfsburg is one of the strongholds of women's football, it is notably there that the Danish star Pernille Harder, author of 4 goals in the quarter-finals against the Scots of Glasgow, swept 9-1, plays.
In the semifinals, the Germans were satisfied with a goal against the Barcelona women. But Lyon is something else. It is the scarecrow of European football, female version. OL have won 6 Champions League, including the last 4. The girls stack the records.
In half, they dismissed the other French club: PSG with Wendy Renard, the captain, who showed the voice. She, who has been one of Lyon's conquests for 10 years, scored the only goal of the match in the semi. A victorious head to open the doors to a new final.
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