UEFA Women's Champions League: An epic turnaround brings Lyon closer to the final – Women's Football

Benfica's Carrasca beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 in the first leg

Lyon, who scored three goals in the final 10 minutes, on Saturday recovered from a two-goal deficit to defeat Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), 3-2, in the first leg of the Women's Champions League semi-final.

Marie Antoinette Katoto surprised when she gave the Parisians a comfortable lead, with two goals in the 44th and 48th minutes, but the student of the Portuguese dynasty, Sonia Bombastor, turned things around in the last half with two goals from Kadidiato Diani, in the 80th minute, from Daili. Melchi Dumornay in the 85th minute and Amal Mejri in the 86th minute.

After goalkeeper Constance Picaud evaded Lyon's goal several times, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, against the run of play, advanced for Paris Saint-Germain, and wasted the opportunity to score the third goal, at the beginning of the second half, which lacked control over the hosts.

Lyon never gave up and truly rose again in the 80th minute when Diagne, with the tip of her boot, reduced the score to 2-1, five minutes before Haitian Dumornay scored the most beautiful goal of the afternoon, avoiding a counter-attack and slotting home. .

With the foreign players confused as the advantage quickly disappeared, Mejri, after dribbling past an opponent, fired a shot across the pitch with his left foot, completing an epic comeback, putting Lyon ahead in the encounter to be decided on April 28.

The Lionesses, Benfica's executioners in the “quarter-finals”, hold the record for the number of victories in the competition, with eight, while Paris Saint-Germain finished in second place in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons.

In the other semi-final match, defending champion Barcelona, ​​the holder of three European titles, suffered its first defeat this season, in the 38th match, at home against Chelsea, 1-0, with a single goal from Scot Irene Cuthbert. In the 40th minute, which made us dream of the second presence of the English team in the Champions League final.

By Lusa