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Lyonnes into Women's Champions League final after beating Arsenal in thrilling second leg

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Published 1 month ago

OL Lyonnes' winger Jule Brand ⁠struck late in a thrilling 3-1 home win over holders Arsenal to secure a ‌4-3 aggregate victory and book their spot in the ‌Women's Champions League final.

[p]Eight-times winners under their ‌former name of Olympique Lyonnais, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/ro3DSjf2/"]Lyon[/a] will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/YFBOvfnB/"]‌Barcelona[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/vkjy3nF9/"]Bayern Munich[/a], who play their ‌second leg in Spain on Sunday [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-YFBOvfnB/bayern-munich-vkjy3nF9/?mid=K2qSxxeo"]after last week's 1-1 draw[/a].[/p][p]Lyon started strongly and had an early ‌goal from a set piece ⁠disallowed but took ‌the lead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dumornay-melchie/xUK2gshi/"]Melchie Dumornay[/a] was felled in the ​box by defender Lotte Wubben-Moy and a penalty was awarded after the referee ​reviewed the incident on video.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renard-wendie/IgKssfKE/"]Wendie Renard[/a] scored from the spot at the second attempt after ⁠goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-domselaar-daphne/lYXRVBmn/"]Daphne ​van Domselaar[/a] moved off her line to save the defender's first effort.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diani-kadidiatou/Q3WjSC52/"]Kadidiatou Diani[/a] hooked home at the back post from a corner to ‌make it 2-0 nine minutes before the break as Lyon took a 3-2 lead in the tie.[/p][embed guid="92c7faa2-5fd8-42aa-8842-adb842774f86" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2050593573897138553" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having showed little of the fire and industry that saw them secure a 2-1 home win in the first leg, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a] then levelled in the 76th minute through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/russo-alessia/fH7GB8No/"]Alessia Russo[/a], who stole between two defenders to ‌steer home Smilla [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmberg-smilla/AFoiUAnH/"]Holmberg[/a]'s cross.[/p][p]The game looked ​to be heading for extra time until [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/austin-brandon/EHOfteWD/"]‌Brand[/a] latched onto a pass from Dumornay, scoring with a deft left-foot finish in the 86th to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-8CKOoQdn/lyon-ro3DSjf2/?mid=OK3IdIem"]see her side through to their 12th Champions League final[/a].[/p][p]The showpiece ⁠match will take ⁠place in Oslo ‌on May 23.[/p]

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