Lyon beat PSG to reach fifth straight women’s Champions League final, will face Wolfsburg
Lyon reached the final of the women’s Champions League for the fifth straight time Wednesday after Wendie Renard scored with a 67th-minute header to secure a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.
Lyon will seek its fifth consecutive title in Sunday’s final against Wolfsburg, which defeated Barcelona in the other semifinal on Tuesday.
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Wolfsburg 🏆🏆
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Both teams finished the match with 10 players. PSG’s Grace Geyoro was sent off in the 66th and Lyon’s Nikita Parris was ejected in the 75th, both with second yellow cards.
“I loved the game, it was a great contest and a match of a particularly high quality,” Lyon coach Jean-Luc Vasseur said. “It was combative, tactical and of the quality we expect today.”
Wolfsburg will be trying to win its third European title after back-to-back triumphs in 2013 and 2014.
Wendy Renard delivers once again! 🙌
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“It was a tight match, but we’re really happy to be playing in another final,” Lyon defender Lucy Bronze said. “We gave a very strong performance this evening.”
Lyon, a six-time winner and a nine-time finalist, beat Wolfsburg in the 2016 and 2018 finals. Wolfsburg defeated Lyon in the 2013 decider.
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