Despite a final strike from Delphine Cascarino who grazed the post and a monster mess in front of the Bavarian goal on the corner that followed, at the end of the match and additional time, the Lyonnaises did not manage to return to the score against Bayern Munich (1-0), this Wednesday evening. Beaten for the first time this season in all competitions, the players of Sonia Bompastor have too little mastered the match to avoid this blunder.
A rather harmless OL
From the second minute of play, already, a risky exit from the goalkeeper, Christiane Endler, far from her penalty area had been a first warning. But Schüller, the Bayern striker, had incredibly missed the target while the OL captain was still on the ground after a collision with Asseyi. The Lyonnaises were circling, sometimes behind the ball, and failed to obtain truly dangerous opportunities despite attempts by Hegerberg (44th) or Morroni (45th + 6).
It is finally a former OL, Saki Kumagai, who played a nasty trick on her ex-teammates. Unhappy on the first leg, where she had been involved in the two goals conceded by her team, the Japanese international was this time the player of the match. She scored the only goal of the game by taking a corner from the head (69th). The Lyonnaises were even on the verge of breaking down in the minutes that followed before trying to wake up too late. This defeat does not fundamentally change the situation of the French club in the standings, since it retains the first place in its qualifying group with a reduced lead, however, over Bayern, which fell to two points.