Sunday April 24, 2022
El Olympique Lyonnais made the most of the mistakes of the Czech goalkeeper Barbora Votikova to win 3-2 at Paris Saint Germain in the first leg of the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League Femenina.
A double of Catarina Macario and a penalty from the captain Wendie Renardwho became the first player to reach 100 matches in the competition, gave the seven-time champions a slight advantage heading into next Saturday’s Vuelta in Paris.
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Paris, who paid the price for two serious errors of votikova, scored through Marie-Antoinette Katoto y Paulina Dudek. However, the Czech partly made up for her mistakes with a key save to deny the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, the same in stoppage time.
The PSG went ahead after six minutes when the French Katoto beat the Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler at the near post after dribbling to a slow return from Wendie Renard.
The Lyon, however, he tied through Renard, who scored a penalty after the goalkeeper Votikova will knock down the french Melvine Malard at minute 23.
The gentle touch of Hegerberg to steal a pitiful goal kick from Votikova allowed him to prepare the American Macario with a delicious deep pass for the second goal of the Lyon at 34′.
the nightmare of Votikova continued after the break when the goalkeeper was unable to control the ball amid a mix-up with her defenders, allowing Macario scoring his brace from the goal line at 50′.
With 3-1 against, the PSG closed the gap in the 58th minute when the Polish Dudek scored a penalty after a handball Malard.
The winners of the semifinal bracket will face the Barcelona o al Wolfsburg. Defending champions Barcelona demolished Wolfsburg 5-1 in their first leg, held at the Nou Camp ante 91,648 spectatorsa new brand for women’s soccer.
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