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
4 mins: Lyon come again and Dumornay tries to play the ball across the box, but De Almeida slides in to make the interception and Picaud collects.
GOAL! PSG 0-1 Lyon
2 mins: GOAL! Barely had a moment to begin and Lyon are ahead at the Parc!
Bacha takes a corner, playing it short to Dumornay. The forward returns the pass to Bacha, who’s on the edge of the box and rifles an effort into the bottom corner at the near post! Looks like it caught Picaud by surprise.
PSG 0-0 Lyon
1 min: Diani makes the first foray into the box for Lyon but the home side clear.
KICK-OFF! PSG 0-0 Lyon
KICK-OFF! The away side get us underway.
Dumornay starts in the centre forward position for Lyon.
PSG vs Lyon LIVE
The team are out at the Parc des Princes and kick-off is moments away.
Is PSG vs Lyon on TV?
A reminder of how to watch today’s game as we approach kick-off.
The match will kick off at 3:00pm BST on Sunday 28 April, and you can watch all the action unfold live and for free on DAZN.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the Women’s Champions League semi-finals.
Is PSG vs Lyon on TV? How to watch Women’s Champions League
Barcelona await in the Women’s Champions League final in Bilbao
Emma Hayes slams ‘worst decision in Champions League history’ as Chelsea ‘robbed’ place in final
And Emma Hayes said her Chelsea team were on the wrong end of the “worst decision in Women’s Champions League history” when referring to that aforementioned second yellow card.
Hayes believed Chelsea were “robbed” after the referee Iuliana Demetrescu sent off defender Kadeisha Buchanan for a second yellow card early in the second half, with the semi-final tie in the balance on aggregate following Chelsea’s narrow victory in Spain last week.
Barcelona were then awarded a late penalty when Aitana Bonmati was brought down by a combination of Jess Carter and Ashley Lawrence - a decision Hayes said was “equally soft” - and Fridolina Rolfo converted to send Barcelona through to the Bilbao final and a shot at a third title in four years.
Emma Hayes slams ‘worst decision in Champions League history’ as Chelsea ‘robbed’
Kadeisha Buchanan was controversially sent off for a second yellow card as Barcelona were then awarded a ‘soft’ penalty at Stamford Bridge
Barcelona wreck Chelsea’s Champions League dream to leave Emma Hayes with one regret
A reminder that the winner of today’s tie will face Barcelona in the final in Bilbao on 25 May.
The Catalan side scraped through in a controversial second leg against Chelsea yesterday, with a second yellow for Buchanan and a penalty decision among the contentious calls that helped to put Emma Hayes’ side out of the competition in her final season.
Barcelona wreck Chelsea’s Champions League dream to leave Emma Hayes with one regret
Chelsea 0-2 Barcelona (Barcelona win 2-1 on agg.): The reigning champions advance to the final in Bilbao after goals from Aitana Bonmati and Fridolina Rolfo
Head-to-head
The two sides have a storied past in this competition, having met 11 times.
The most notable meeting between the two sides in this competition was the 2016/17 final, where Lyon won 7-6 on penalties. Most recently, Lyon won 5-3 in the 2021/22 semi-finals.
Lyon have won seven of the matches in total, while PSG have won two and two have ended as draws.
PSG have only progressed in two of the six ties between the two clubs, having won in the round of 16 in 2014/15 and the quarter-finals in 2020/21.
In the league this season, Lyon won away in Paris while the two sides drew in southern France.
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