There was no earthquake on the European stage in women's football this Wednesday in Décines.
Seven-time winner of the Champions League, OL indeed qualified for the group stage of the new Champions League formula by leaving the Levante dam, thanks to two short successes (2-1).
At the same time, the Bordelaises were heroic but ended up giving in during the penalties against Wolfsburg (3-2 after extra time, 0-3 in the tabs).
Unable to find the fault for an hour, on the lawn of the Groupama OL Training Center, the players of Sonia Bompastor therefore remained at the mercy of the solid Spanish formation, 3rd in the last Liga and amazing last Sunday against Real Madrid (4- 0).
A hat-trick to win back for the Lyonnaises
“We suffered more than we imagined, recognizes the new Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler.
There were two closed matches and the main goal was to qualify.
This was consolidated in three minutes thanks to two paws from Amel Majri.
The international tricolor was scorer on an eccentric free kick deceiving Maria Lopez after a rebound (1-0, 60th), before offering a perfect cross to Catarina Macario (2-0, 63rd).
Despite a small fright after the reduction of the gap in the wake of Aldana Cometti
(2-1, 64th), OL provided the essentials: join PSG next month in the European group stage (draw on Monday, September 13).
“There is a lot of satisfaction,” recognizes Sonia Bompastor, relieved to avoid a huge hiccup for the resumption of the season.
Dominated by PSG in 2021, both in D1 (2nd after 14 consecutive coronations) and in the quarter-final of the Champions League, the Lyonnaises are therefore on a mission to win back the D1-Coupe de France-Champions League treble.
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