For the first time since 2014, there will be no French club in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Lyon, defending champions, fell on penalties to Chelsea (2-1 a.p.) and Paris Saint-Germain was eliminated in Wolfsburg (1-1), Thursday, March 31 in the last two quarterfinals of the Women's C1.

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

A fatal 128th minute for OL

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 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).

PSG lost Diani

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.

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).

With AFP

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