OL Lyonnes topple Wolfsburg in extra time to advance in the Women's Champions League

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lyon-ro3DSjf2/wolfsburg-Yaedf2i2/?mid=tzFTAvrS"]The French club set up a final-four clash[/a] with defending champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a] who advanced past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/Q7Hu2UDD/"]Chelsea[/a] 3-2 on aggregate on Wednesday despite a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.[/p][p]Wolfburg had arrived in south-eastern France with a 1-0 first leg lead thanks to Dutch striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beerensteyn-lineth/pKX8sIG4/"]Lineth Beerensteyn[/a]'s goal in Germany.[/p][p]But eight-time winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/ro3DSjf2/"]Lyon[/a] dominated with US midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yohannes-lily-isabella/CzCNrzlD/"]Lily Yohannes[/a] opening after 16 minutes with the 18-year-old's deflected strike finding the bottom-left corner.[/p][p]The French side had beaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolfsburg/Yaedf2i2/"]Wolfsburg[/a] 3-1 in the league phase, but the Germans, whose two Champions League titles came back-to-back in 2013 and 2014, held on despite the hosts' constant pressure.[/p][embed guid="1c1ea2f7-5297-4eac-a12d-25ca85851196" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2039823466937852410?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Lyon goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/endler-claudia/MHv23hU4/"]Christiane Endler[/a] did well to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/levels-janou/bBsVKouo/"]Janou[/a] Levels, Wolfburg's best chance from close range after 78 minutes.[/p][p]Wolfsburg keeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johannes-stina/fmpUEtQm/"]Stina Johannes[/a] was also solid faced with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dumornay-melchie/xUK2gshi/"]Melchie Dumornay[/a] attempt on goal after 93 minutes to send the match into extra time.[/p][p]Lyon, looking to win the title for the first time since 2022, then took control with their substitutes proving decisive.[/p][p]Dumornay proded in from close range after 102 minutes with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/egurrola-damaris/SQBPi5rj/"]Damaris Egurrola[/a] getting her head to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bacha-selma/bkET6rus/"]Selma Bacha[/a]'s corner five minutes later.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chawinga-tabita/SfwRDQaJ/"]Tabitha Chawinga[/a] added a fourth after 119 minutes.[/p][h2]'Always competitive'[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/katoto-marie-antoinette/KpbJkAtJ/"]Katoto[/a] and Dumornay had both come on as substitutes in the 69th minute, as had Tabitha Chawinga, who added a fourth after a counter-attack after 119 minutes.[/p][p]"[b]We know what these Lyon versus Wolfsburg matches are like - always very competitive,[/b]" said Lyon captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renard-wendie/IgKssfKE/"]Wendie Renard[/a].[/p][p]"[b]They made things very difficult for us, with different tactical approaches, but I think we deserved it in the end.[/b]"[/p][p]Earlier Thursday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/YFBOvfnB/"]Barcelona[/a] demolished rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/4xlfVfnP/"]Real Madrid[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-YFBOvfnB/real-madrid-4xlfVfnP/?mid=n1D1J3yo"]6-0[/a] to progress 12-2 on aggregate.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putellas-alexia/ChQLd9ci/"]Alexia Putellas[/a] shone for the Catalan giants on her 500th appearance for the club in their first game at the rebuilt Camp Nou, building on their 6-2 quarter-final first leg victory.[/p][p]Three-time winners Barca reached an eighth consecutive semi-final, with winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hansen-caroline/0tF3Q5h5/"]Caroline Graham Hansen[/a] netting twice and Putellas also on the scoresheet in the rout.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/romeu/KAOD5XG1/"]Pere Romeu[/a]'s dominant side, runners-up to Arsenal last year, will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/vkjy3nF9/"]Bayern Munich[/a] in the semi-finals after the German side knocked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/4EeCFcxJ/"]Manchester United[/a] on Wednesday.[/p][p]Despite missing key player and long-term absentee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bonmati-aitana/ngmvxmg9/"]Aitana Bonmati[/a], Barca put on a tour de force to entertain a 60,000-strong crowd, the fourth-highest attendance in the competition's history.[/p]