Lyon vs Chelsea LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and final score after Guro Reiten goal
Lyon 0-1 Chelsea: Reiten’s wonderful finish means it’s advantage Chelsea ahead of next week’s second leg at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea will take a one-goal lead back to Stamford Bridge after Guro Reiten’s sublime finish secured an impressive win over holders Lyon in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.
The eight-time winners Lyon had the better of the early chances but Reiten curled a wonderful shot past Christiane Endler after an excellent pass from Erin Cuthbert. Lauren James came close to doubling Chelsea’s lead with a shot that hit the inside of the post, while Sam Kerr also had an opportunity late on.
Chelsea lost defender Millie Bright to injury near the end of the first half and Lyon came close to equalising after the break when Magdalena Eriksson lost possession inside her own box, but Ann-Katrin Berger was able to tip Delphine Cascarino’s shot onto the post.
Chelsea will host Lyon at Stamford Bridge next Thursday, where Emma Hayes’ side will look to advance to the semi-finals. Follow all the updates from Lyon vs Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League, which can be watched for free on YouTube:
Lyon vs Chelsea - Early team news
Lyon have welcomed back Sara Dabritz, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Ellie Carpenter and Amel Majri since the 5-1 defeat to Arsenal earlier this season, but they may be without Catarina Macario, while Ada Hegerberg is yet to return.
Chelsea will without Fran Kirby and Pernille Harder, while Erin Cuthbert is still out as well. Sam Kerr and Lauren James were rested for Sunday’s win at Reading in the FA Cup and will return, while Kadeisha Buchanan is set to feature against her former team.
Predicted line-ups
Lyon: Endler; Carpenter, Gilles, Renard, Morroni; Henry, Horan, Dabritz; Marozsan; Le Sommer, Cascarino
Chelsea: Berger; Périsset, Buchanan, Bright, Carter; Leupolz, Ingle; James, Fleming, Charles; Kerr
Lyon vs Chelsea
The match will kick off at 5:45pm GMT on Wednesday 22 March at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
How can I watch it?
Every game in this season’s Women’s Champions League knockout stages is being broadcast live on streaming platform DAZN, and also on DAZN’s YouTube channel. You can set reminders to receive a notification of when the stream goes live, which is 15 minutes before the start of each match
You can sign up to DAZN where the matches will also be streamed for free across their digital platforms. The YouTube stream will also be embedded in the Uefa.com and on Uefa.tv for all Women’s Champions League games.
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Hello and welcome The Independent’s live coverage of Lyon vs Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Emma Hayes’ team have been a leading force in the domestic Women’s Super League but are yet to translate that dominance onto the European stage. Chelsea have been knocking on the door of European success in recent times and reached the final in 2021, however it has been 13 years since an English side last won the Women’s Champions League and the Blues must defeat the current holders to progress.
Lyon defeated Barcelona to reclaim their European crown for a record eighth time last season but finished second to Arsenal in Group C following a 5-1 thrashing to the Gunners at the start of the tournament. That set up this blockbuster quarter-final as Chelsea won Group A ahead of Lyon’s domestic rivals Paris Saint-Germain.
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