Lily Yohannes during OL Lyonnes – Wolfsburg (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
This Sunday (4:30 p.m.), OL Lyonnes meets Arsenal for the semi-final first leg of the Champions League. At the Emirates Stadium, Jonatan Giraldez innovated by notably leaving Bacha and Dumornay on the bench.
We take the same ones and start again. Finally with a different outcome on the double confrontation. A year after crossing swords with Arsenal, OL Lyonnes found the London club in the semi-final of the Champions League. Like twelve months ago, the Fenottes are going to London for the first leg with the hope of leaving with the same result. That of a victory (2-1 in April 2025). They don’t want to hear about revenge after last year’s elimination, but there is still the desire to remind people who remains the most successful club in Europe. The players have changed but the thirst for victory is still very present.
For this meeting at the Emirates Stadium, Jonatan Giraldez was a surprise. While we could have expected them to start after participating in training, Selma Bacha and Melchie Dumornay start on the bench. Sofie Svava will play as left back while the midfield will be made up of an American trio Shrader – Heaps – Yohannes. With Tabitha Chawinga’s physical problem contracted against Dijon on Wednesday, the Spanish coach chose to bet on Jule Brand to accompany Ada Hegerberg and Kadidiatou Diani.
The composition of OL Lyonnes against Arsenal: Endler – Lawrence, Renard, Engen, Svava – Shrader, Heaps, Yohannes – Diani, Hegerberg, Brand
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