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<\/p>\nSunday, 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 D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Blanco as central referee.<\/h2>\n
Revenge or no revenge? This Sunday (4:30 p.m.), OL Lyonnes<\/strong> confront Arsenal<\/strong> 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 D\u00e9cines at this same stage of the competition. If Wendie Renard<\/strong> 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<\/strong> is logically expected and there will be pressure on the pitch. Enough to certainly give D\u00e9sir\u00e9e a little work Blanco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 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<\/strong> a Susanne K\u00fcng<\/strong> while the VAR will also be Swiss with Fedayi San<\/strong> and Michele Schm\u00f6lzer<\/strong>. Only the fourth referee Olatz Rivera Olmedo <\/strong>comes from Spain.<\/p>\n \nA first with OL Lyonnes<\/h3>\n