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 0-1 Lyon
25 mins: Dumornay plays Diani down the right, and the latter moves the ball to the outside and hits a deflected shot at Picaud.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
22 mins: 56 per cent of possession for the home side, but nothing to show for it yet.
Lyon break and Diani skips through two challenges with some lovely footwork, but she’s offside.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
20 mins: Chawinga wins a corner after some good dribbling down the left. Katoto was her only option in the box.
The corner comes in and Gaetino gets her head to it, but she can’t direct the header goalwards.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
19 mins: Lyon briefly had sustained possession, but the home side attack once more and Karchaoui is brought down again, this time by Cascarino.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
17 mins: Damaris plays Cascarino through on the left, but Samoura clears.
Horan delivers the corner to Diani in the box, but she can’t get her shot through the sea of bodies.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
14 mins: Cascarino almost gets in behind for Lyon, but PSG win the ball back.
Lyon almost work a great chance as De Almeida misjudges a header and Durmonay slips in behind her, but no one can get on the end of the Lyon forward’s ball across goal.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
12 mins: Great chance for PSG as Karchaoui plays the free-kick square to Groenen, who slides a ball to Chawinga in the Lyon box. She tries to square it but it’s cleared behind.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
10 mins: The home side dominating possession now, and they look threatening, making several ventures into the Lyon box.
Karchaoui is brought down again, this time by van de Donk, who is booked.
PSG 0-1 Lyon
7 mins: Endler’s first action as she collects a timid cross in.
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