In this month of December, it is not only the World Cup that animates the news of football.

The Women's Champions League is indeed not stopped, with in particular an OL match on Wednesday.

And carried by Melvine Malard, author of a double and a decisive pass, Lyon, despite a lack of realism and defensive approximations, won at the expense of FC Zurich (4-0), in a match of the 4th Group C day.

OL thus remain in the running for qualification for the quarter-finals.

In the first leg, the Lyonnaises, reigning European champions, won 3-0 in Switzerland against the weakest opponent in the pool.

OL swept 5-1 by Arsenal on Matchday 1

These two successes were essential so that OL, beaten 5-1 by Arsenal at home at the start of the event and who also conceded a draw against Juventus Turin (1-1), could continue to hope for classification. one of the first two places.

Lyon (7 points) is thus second in the standings, three points behind Arsenal, who beat Juventus (3rd, 5 points) on Wednesday evening.

In front of some 2,000 spectators in a Groupama Stadium that can hold 59,000, making the atmosphere gloomy, the Lyonnaises quickly took the lead with a goal scored by the American Lindsay Horan, who volleyed a cross delivered by Melvine Malard ( 13).

But, subsequently, OL showed a great lack of realism and struggled to make the score worse.


Nevertheless, Malard eventually scored a brace – headed goals.

She brought the score to 2-0 by taking a cross delivered by Selma Bacha (65) then to 3-0 after a cross from Delphine Cascarino (79), who added a fourth goal with a long shot (90 + 4 ).

This positive result makes it possible to approach the reception of Paris Saint-Germain more calmly, Sunday at 9 p.m., for the shock of the French championship of which Lyon is leader with two points ahead of the Parisian club (2nd).

But OL, which did not deliver a top-flight performance from all points of view, will have to raise their level of play.

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