Melchie Dumornay et Lindsey Heaps lors d’Arsenal – OL Lyonnes (Photo by Justin Setterfield / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)
Sunday, OL Lyonnes travels to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal in the Champions League semi-final first leg. The refereeing of this meeting will be predominantly Swiss with Désirée Blanco as central referee.
Revenge or no revenge? This Sunday (4:30 p.m.), OL Lyonnes confront Arsenal for the first of two confrontations in the semi-finals of the Champions League. An opposition almost a year to the day after the disappointment in Décines at this same stage of the competition. If Wendie Renard does not necessarily want to hear about the word revenge, there will still be a surplus of motivation among the Fenottes by attacking this match at the Emirates Stadium. This Arsenal – OL Lyonnes is logically expected and there will be pressure on the pitch. Enough to certainly give Désirée a little work Blanco.
A first with OL Lyonnes
The Swiss was appointed as central referee for this semi-final first leg in London. She will officiate the Lyon team for the first time and will have compatriots as assistants with Linda Schmid a Susanne Küng while the VAR will also be Swiss with Fedayi San and Michele Schmölzer. Only the fourth referee Olatz Rivera Olmedo comes from Spain.
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