PARIS (AP) — Lyon will face Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final after beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-1…
PARIS (AP) — Lyon will face Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final after beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in the semifinal second leg and 5-3 on aggregate.
Selma Bacha and Melchie Dumornay scored for the visitors on Sunday.
The May 25 final in Bilbao, northern Spain, will be a rematch of the 2019 and 2022 finals, both won by Lyon, the competition’s most successful club with eight titles.
Lyon are the only team still undefeated in the Women’s Champions League this season.
In a 100% French match, Lyon took PSG by surprise by playing a small corner in the third minute. Bacha cut inside to open the scoring with a low strike from the edge of the box.
Lyon almost doubled the lead in the 34th minute but PSG goalkeeper Constance Picaud made an exceptional save to prevent teammate Jade Le Guilly from scoring an own goal.
PSG took advantage of a Lyon turnover in midfield to equalize with an angled strike from Tabitha Chawinga in the far corner in the 41st.
Picaud kept PSG in the match by deflecting a shot from French striker Kadidiatou Diani over the bar in the 43rd, denying Dumornay in the 52nd and parrying shots from Amel Majri and Dumornay in the 65th.
Lyon put the overall result beyond doubt in the 81st when Majri cushioned a cross into the path of Dumornay, who guided the ball into the bottom corner.
PSG and Lyon met for a record 11th time in this competition.
Lyon won the first leg 3-2.
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