Lyon See Arsenal 2-1 in the first match of the Women’s Champions League semis
Lyon defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the first match of their semi-finals of the women’s champions on Saturday after Melchie Dumornay caught a winner in the 82nd minute to give the record eight times the upper champions in the tie.
Lyon had gone forward after 17 minutes thanks Kadidiatou Diani but Arsenal equals through Mariona CaldenteyPunishment.
Lyon coach Joe Montemurro, who managed Arsenal for four years and brought them to a women’s super league title, made a winning return even though while his team was hit with Wave after the wave of attacks in the second half ago COMPETITIONis the conclusion.
Arsenal spent some chances while Lyon was steadfast in defense, giving Renee sleegers‘Side too much work to do on the return leg on April 27 if they will prevent the French club from reaching their 12th finals in the competition.
Lyon took the lead when Dian settled on the right side and the French striker pierced her goal Manuela Zinsberger In Arsenal’s intention to find the distant corner.
The assistant flag went up for offside to pull a noise from the crowd at home, but it quickly turned into groans when VAR confirmed that Dian was on the foot of just inch.
Arsenal’s best chance came in half an hour when an unnoticed Frida maanum Without her head in the distant post to go wide.
Lyon nearly doubled their lead a few minutes later when Dumornay noticed Zinsberger off its line and shattered the ball from nearly 40 meters, just for its attempt to get out of the bar.
The local team had one more chance to level in the first half hit when Leah WilliamsonThe head hit in the bar, while the judge shook the sentence complaints when Mccabe It seemed to be trampled on in the box.
Arsenal played on the front leg in the second half and had two early chances to mark, with Alessia russo Having a cleaned blow from the line before Beth MeadThe head of the head flew wide.
Their pressure was finally paid by a corner when the Lyon goalkeeper Christian Endler Instead, he failed to score the ball and made contact with Williamson’s head instead, with the judge who gave a penalty after a VAR check.
Caldentey got up and sent Endler wrongly to bury her hit in the lower corner after 78 minutes as the crowd at home raised its approval.
However, any hope for a comeback withdrew from Lyon four minutes later when striker Haitian Dumornay used its pace to cross the protection before pulling the trigger to make it 2-1, silenced 40,000 fans at the Emirates Stadium.