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Barcelona v Lyon LIVE: Women’s Champions League final score and result as Alexia Putellas goal seals win
Bilbao’s San Mames staged a blockbuster Women’s Champions League final as holders Barcelona beat eight-time winners Lyon
Second-half goals from Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas earned Barcelona a 2-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais in the Women’s Champions League final, their second straight victory in the competition.
Barca, who beat Vfl Wolfsburg 3-2 in last year’s final, came into the game seeking to go one better than their 2019 and 2022 finals against French powerhouse Lyon, which they lost 4-1 and 3-1 respectively.
Bonmati, who won the Ballon d’Or and Fifa Best Women’s Player award for 2023, struck in the 63rd minute with a shot from a tight angle which deflected off Lyon’s Vanessa Gilles past keeper Christiane Endler.
With their fans vastly outnumbered at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao, Lyon sent on Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg but the competition’s record goal-scorer was unable to find the net and Putellas came off the bench and netted a stoppage-time goal to seal Barcelona’s win.
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Barcelona 1-0 Lyon
71 min: Hansen tries her luck from a free-kick about 25 yards out, but it strikes the wall.
Barcelona 1-0 Lyon
67 min: Lyon come surging forwards looking to level things up.
Ona Batlle replaces Fridolina Rolfo for Barcelona; Amel Majri replaces Delphine Cascarino for Lyon.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Lyon (Bonmati, 63 min)
The deadlock is broken! And what a bit of play this is by the great Aitana Bonmati. She bursts from midfield and receives the ball on the edge of the box before driving forwards. She steadies herself and fires at goal with her left foot, and gets a bit lucky with a deflection which spins up past Endler and into the far corner.
Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
60 min: Fridolina Rolfo plays a tricky clipped cross towards the back post which Endler flaps underneath and misses, and Lyon scramble it clear. It looks like we’ll see some substitutions soon.
Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
57 min: The partisan crowd are getting frustrated with the referee and more generally with this second half performance, which as yet has not yielded any significant chances for Barcelona.
Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
53 min: Dumornay scurries forwards on the counter-attack threateningly before slowing down and waiting for some support, and the move eventually breaks down. Lyon, though, have started this second half brightly.
Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
50 min: Carpenter tries a Cruyff-turn on the edge of her own box, loses the ball and is almost punished but Barcelona can’t capitalise on the moment. That was a bit casual.
Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
47 min: Dumornay jinks into the box and reaches the byline before fizzing in a low cross, but it’s easily stopped by Coll low down near her front post.
Kick-off! Barcelona 0-0 Lyon
The second half is under way in Bilbao. No changes by either manager at the break.
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