PSG vs Lyon LIVE: Women’s Champions League semi-final result, final score and reaction
The eight-time winners won in the capital
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Your support makes all the difference.Olympique Lyonnais grabbed a superb 2-1 win at Paris St Germain in their all-French women’s Champions League semi-final second leg on Sunday to complete a 5-3 aggregate win that secured them a final showdown against Barcelona in Bilbao on May 25.
With Lyon having overturned a 2-0 deficit to win the first leg 3-2 after a thrilling comeback, fullback Selma Bacha netted their first goal in the third minute, catching the PSG keeper unawares and drilling a low shot into the bottom right corner.
The home side struck back four minutes before the break through striker Tabitha Chawinga, who picked up the ball outside the box before advancing and lashing a left-footed effort across the goal and in at the far post for her fifth Champions League goal of the season.
Eight-time champions Lyon wasted a number of good second-half chances before Melchie Dumornay finally slotted home the winner in the 81st minute to wrap up the 5-3 aggregate win.
On Saturday, Barcelona overturned a 1-0 deficit by winning 2-0 away to Chelsea with Aitana Bonmati and Fridolina Rolfo getting the goals.
The two sides have won the last eight Champions League finals between them, with Lyon defeating Barcelona in the finals in 2019 and 2022.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
90 mins: There’ll be seven minutes of added time. Enough for PSG to force extra time?
PSG 1-2 Lyon
90 mins: Bacha comes off for Lyon, and Morroni is on in her place.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
89 mins: Chawinga is still trying to muster something in attack, but Carpenter deals with it well.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
87 mins: CLOSE! Lovely play from PSG as Karchaoui plays a one-two on the edge of the box, but she’s tackled just before she could get the shot away. Bacha with the decisive intervention.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
86 mins: Vangsgaard hits a left-footed shot from the edge of the box, but it’s too tame to bother Endler.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
85 mins: Will there be another twist in the tale of this enthralling tie? PSG are looking for one, but no luck so far.
PSG 1-2 Lyon
84 mins: PSG make changes with under 10 minutes to go. Lieke Martens comes on for Sandy Baltimore, while Jackie Groenen is replaced by Korbin Albert.
GOAL! PSG 1-2 Lyon
80 mins: GOAL! And that should be that!
After a lull in attacking activity from both sides, Lyon break. Dumornay collects on halfway before spreading it wide to Becho. She slides in a cross to Majri, whose lovely cushioned touch lays it off to the onrushing Dumornay, who completes the move by sliding it into the bottom-right corner.
PSG 1-1 Lyon
75 mins: A brief break in play as Bacha is down after a hard challenge. Lyon win a corner after van de Donk’s shot is deflected behind.
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