The expulsion of Ellie Carpenter in the 63e minute had the effect of a crushing blow for the seven-time champions who will have their backs against the wall, Thursday, March 31, on their return, in their reconquest of the title.
The replay and the stats
The match: two matches
When Catarina Macario quickly gave the advantage to the vice-champions of France with a header from a cross from Selma Bacha, after a good period of domination from Lyon, who could have imagined such a final result?
Cristiana Girelli, she never gave up, as evidenced by her rage to go and dispossess Sarah Bouhaddi of the ball that the legendary OL goalkeeper was struggling to capture, and equalize.
Carpenter sees red
At that moment, Juventus were already in numerical superiority. A few minutes earlier, Carpenter took the door of Juventus Stadium for a charge on Valentina Cernoia.
It was the event that changed this game. Juventus took full advantage of this thanks to their substitute Agnese Bonfantini who gave their team the lead as soon as it came into play, on a deep pass from Arianna Caruso.
Sonia Bompastor made the necessary changes well but Lyon, without Ada Hegerberg (sick), could not manage to worry the Frenchwoman Pauline Perraud-Magnin in the goal of the Bianconere.
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Joe Montemurro, Juventus, coach
Lyon are the best team in the world, both individually and collectively. We brought home a big result in what is a year of growth and we continue to grow. The sending off (of Carpenter) gave us an advantage but I saw signs before that we started to exploit the space better.
Agnese Bonfantini, player of the match
It’s amazing – I’m on cloud nine. We knew it was not an easy game, but we prepared really well during the week and we got the win. You know, Juve never give up. And now we will give our best in France too, next week, because our goal is to reach the semi-finals.
Catarina Macario, goalscorer for Lyon
We controlled the game most of the time, but that’s football. If you don’t score, you take a risk. Juventus are a great team, they are getting better and better and they also have a great coach.
Visa Player of the Match, Agnese Bonfantini
Because of his decisive goal. She made all the difference after coming on as and scoring the winning goal – the most outstanding player of the night.
The panel of UEFA technical observers.
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A stats
- Cristiana Girelli is the first player to score nine goals in the UEFA Women’s Champions League this season, including qualifying.
- Lyon maintain an enviable record in the quarter-finals, having won the first 11 before last season’s away elimination against Paris Saint-Germain.
- Sarah Bouhaddi started for Lyon on her return from loan at OL Reign, equaling Emma Byrne, the most capped goalkeeper in the competition with 77 appearances
Composition
Juventus : Peyraud-Magnin; Lundorf, Gama, Sembrant, Boattin; Rosucci (Caruso 66e), Pedersen, Grosso (Bonansea 66e); Hurtig (Stašková 90e+1), Girelli (Bonfantini 81e), Cernoia (Nilden 90e+1)
Lyon: Bouhaddi; Buchanan, Renard, Mbock Bathy; Carpenter, Egurrola, Macario (Cayman 67e), Henry (Horan 76e), Bacha (Marozsán 76e); D. Cascarino (Laurent 85e), Malard
Quick, next!
The return match takes place in Lyon on Thursday March 31 at 9 p.m. The winners will face Bayern or Paris in the semi-finals on April 23-24 and April 30-1is May.
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